The star of 'The Boys' and 'Companion' takes an '80s-style hero turn in his new action flick, where he plays a man who can't feel pain. "It’s not about how much I can kick ass," he says. "It’s about how much my ass can get kicked.

Paramount’s action comedy Novocaine saw the brilliant Jack Quaid continue his strong 2025 run, following the late-January release of the widely acclaimed sci-fi thriller, Companion. Having just debuted in theaters across the most recent weekend,

Jack Quaid’s action-comedy “ Novocaine ” topped a painfully slow weekend at the box office with $8.7 million. For theater owners, however, there’s not too much to celebrate: It’s one of the worst debuts to still capture the No. 1 spot (at least since the pandemic ground moviegoing to a halt).