{"id":106905,"date":"2025-01-15T15:20:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/?p=106905"},"modified":"2025-01-15T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T15:20:33","slug":"novocaine-dennis-quaids-son-jack-quaid-wanders-into-unknown-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2025\/01\/15\/novocaine-dennis-quaids-son-jack-quaid-wanders-into-unknown-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Novocaine: Dennis Quaid’s son Jack Quaid Wanders into Unknown Territory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Novocaine, Jack Quaid plays a hero who can’t feel pain, which comes in handy when his girlfriend (Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped (novocaine is a powerful anesthetic used in many areas of medicine).<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was one of the most difficult tasks of my career, because I had to play almost exclusively with my body,\u201d the 32-year-old actor told The Hollywood Reporter. – I think I’m a pretty strange action hero, and that’s what made Novokain so interesting for me. Nobody would probably think that I’m capable of kicking someone brutally down a flight of stairs, which I do for most of the film, and doing even more brutal things.<\/p>\n
Quaid is delighted to have discovered new traits of his personality in the midst of all this kicking, although he doesn’t specify what exactly he was able to do in the interview.<\/p>\n
It’s also worth mentioning the female lead, as Amber Midthunder’s star is also on the rise in Hollywood. She came to prominence with the highly original new installment in the Predator franchise, Preda, although she had previously been seen in roles of varying importance. The actress, of Thai-Chinese and Lakota-Sioux descent, is as promising as Mikey Madison, who starred with Anora. We must therefore salute the casting director who cast her alongside Jack Quaid in Novocaine.<\/p>\n
(Novocaine – domestic release: March 13, 2025)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOVIE NEWS – Jack Quaid, the son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid, who inherited the beauty and talent of both his parents, is already considered the big star of the near future. So far, he’s shone as the star of TV series The Boys, but he’ll soon be making his debut as an action hero. In Novocaine, Jack Quaid plays a hero who can’t feel pain, which comes in handy when his girlfriend (Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped (novocaine is a powerful anesthetic used in many areas of medicine). \u201cIt was one of the most difficult tasks of my career, because I had to play almost exclusively with my body,\u201d the 32-year-old actor told The Hollywood Reporter. – I think I’m a pretty strange…<\/p>\n