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Jack Quaid discusses the intense preparation for his role in "Novocaine." The action comedy features Quaid as a man who feels no pain.

When the girl of his dreams gets kidnapped, a man turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected advantage as he fights a bunch of thugs to get her back. That’s the premise of “Novocaine” starring Jack Quaid.

Nathan Caine may not be able to feel pain, as the tagline for the new action-comedy “Novocaine” reads, but the same does not apply to audiences. Although he doesn’t scream when his leg is impaled with an arrow or when he sticks his hand in a vat of frying oil,