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Irish Examiner
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
'We're trying to source them' - Limerick players trying to find right colour shorts ahead of Cork trip
The decision by the Camogie Association's special congress to allow players to wear shorts is welcomed by Limerick senior camogie manager Joe Quaid. However, it does leave them in a bit of a bind ahead of their All-Ireland championship opening round against reigning champions Cork on Saturday (Páirc Uí Rinn, 4pm). They're in a race against time to ensure they have the correct uniform which is a green jersey and green shorts. Quaid appeals to the Camogie Association to give them sufficient time to sort out the situation. 'The problem now is the shorts have to be the same colour as the jersey,' he explains. 'Our training shorts are navy but trying to get green shorts to go with the green jersey is a bit of a challenge. I know the girls are trying to source them themselves, which is not ideal the day before you play the first round of the All-Ireland championship. 'We have navy shorts but I don't know if they will be fully uniform. 'Where are we going to get green shorts between Friday morning and Saturday at four o'clock when we are playing? 'I just hope that if the gear isn't uniform tomorrow the Camogie Association will give us a chance to have the uniform by next week. The shorts have to have the camogie crest on them as well and that takes a bit of time. 'We are trying to get shorts today that will be acceptable, we're trying to source them. Hopefully we will, is the best way to describe it.'
Express Tribune
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
‘Novocaine' now streaming on Paramount+ with 81% Rotten Tomatoes score
Jack Quaid's action-thriller Novocaine is now officially streaming on Paramount+, following a successful theatrical run and strong critical reception. The film, which holds an 81% critic score and an 85% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, was directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen from a script by Lars Jacobson. Novocaine stars Quaid as Nathan Caine, a mild-mannered bank employee who can't feel pain due to a rare medical condition. When his co-worker and love interest Sherry (played by Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped during a bank heist, Caine embarks on a relentless, pain-defying mission to rescue her. The cast also includes Ray Nicholson (Smile 2), Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: No Way Home), and Matt Walsh (Veep). Originally released on March 14, Novocaine topped the box office during its opening weekend, earning $8.8 million. Despite modest earnings, the film became one of the lowest-grossing No. 1 openers post-2020, ultimately reaching $34.2 million globally against an $18 million budget. Quaid celebrated the film's streaming debut with behind-the-scenes photos on Instagram, calling Novocaine 'a brutally fun ride' and encouraging fans to tune in on Paramount+. The Boys star continues to have a busy year. His sci-fi film Companion is also a streaming hit on Max, with a 93% critic score. Additionally, Quaid stars in Neighborhood Watch, now available digitally, alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Malin Akerman. Novocaine adds to Jack Quaid's growing list of critically praised roles, solidifying his status as one of 2025's most in-demand action and thriller stars.
Telegraph
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Novocaine: This ridiculously violent action caper is a painful watch
The ridiculously violent action-comedy Novocaine is a swerve in a guessable direction: we're moving away from played-out superhero brands towards bargain alternatives with nominally fresh concepts. To describe it as a budget Deadpool is not to pay Deadpool more respect than it deserves – heaven knows, that's not much. In fact, the only people fawning over it are the makers of Novocaine. Our nerdy hero Nathan Caine (Jack Quaid, son of Dennis and Meg Ryan) was born with a condition known as CIPA, which is a real thing – full name 'congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis'. Translation? He can't feel anything. Chewing solid food is a real danger zone, because he might actually bite off his own tongue without realising. Embarrassingly, he also has to set himself a timer every three hours, or he might forget to urinate and wet himself in public. The risk-averse Nathan – nicknamed 'Novocaine' by school bullies who would rip him to pieces – has not grasped the bad-ass potential of his plight until his boring life as a San Diego bank clerk is lifted by Sherry (Amber Midthunder), a new colleague who invites him on a lunch date. When their bank is subsequently held up, she is kidnapped, and Nathan leaps into action, distrusting the initiative of local cops to rescue her alive. When you've seen Quaid take a pounding once in this film, you'll know how every set piece will play out: with grievous bodily harm Nathan barely flinches at, paired with the real, gruesome agony his assailants eventually suffer. He has the bright idea to grab a gun out of a deep fat fryer, instantly turning his right hand into crispy pepperoni; then he studs both fists intentionally with broken glass and puts out someone's eyes. You'll wince, you'll recoil, your own eyes may water when a goon tries the failed torture method of ripping off Nathan's fingernails, but will you laugh? Hollowly, and only at first. Novocaine feels like a brainstorming session for itself, which is all very well, until you realise that the only part being fully exercised is the lizard brain. In the plus column, the stunt choreography has a Home Alone flair, and both Quaid and Midthunder have quite a spirited way of sparking it all up. The problem is that a few sharp one-liners and the comic timing of the cast can't stop the film reeking of what it is: essentially a revenge-of-the-incel movie. Nathan is a virginal gamer in his basement, dreaming of being one of the go-getters instead of one of the bed-wetters. It's not much of a twist that his superpower, by virtue of being with him all along, didn't need a spider bite. This is what passes for novelty? Novocaine may not be based on any pre-existing IP – no comic book or game, say. But that's not much to crow about, because few flights of the imagination have lately felt lower in altitude.
Fox News
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Dennis Quaid confesses wife was creeped out by his serial killer role, 'was a little iffy there'
Dennis Quaid revealed that his wife Laura Savoie was initially disturbed by his role as real-life serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson in his new true-crime drama series "Happy Face." In the Paramount+ show, the 70-year-old actor portrayed Jesperson, a Canadian-American truck driver who murdered at least eight women in the early 1990s. Jesperson was nicknamed "The Happy Face Killer" as he signed letters that he sent to media outlets and authorities with drawings of a smiley face. During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Quaid shared how Savoie reacted to his portrayal of Jesperson after she first watched the show. "It was a little iffy there for a couple of hours afterwards because, you know, that'd be creepy for me, too," he admitted. "But she knows me," Quaid added. Quaid and Savoie, who is 39 years his junior, announced their engagement in October 2019 and married in June 2020. While speaking with Fox News Digital, Quaid explained that the key to the pair's successful marriage is their shared Christian faith. "God is in our relationship," he said. "I think that's the real secret of it. Having God in your relationship is essential, I think." WATCH: DENNIS QUAID ADMISTS WIFE WAS CREEPED OUT BY HIS SERIAL KILLER ROLE, 'WAS A LITTLE IFFY THERE' Prior to tying the knot with Savoie, Quaid was married three times. In 1978, he married his "Our Winning Season" co-star P.J. Soles but the two divorced in 1983. After previously co-starring in 1987's "Innerspace," Quaid and Meg Ryan fell in love when they reunited for the 1988 neo-noir movie "D.O.A." Quaid and Ryan tied the knot in 1991 and welcomed son Jack the following year. The actors starred together for the third time in 1993's "Flesh and Bone" and became known as one of Hollywood's golden couples. "It was a little iffy there for a couple of hours afterwards because, you know, that'd be creepy for me, too." However, the two stunned fans when they announced their separation in 2000 and divorced a year later. In 2004, Quaid wed Texas real estate agent Kimberly Buffington. The two, who are parents to twins Thomas and Zoe, separated in 2016 and finalized their divorce in 2018. During his interview with Fox News Digital, Quaid heaped praise on Jack, 31, who followed in his parents' footsteps and embarked on an acting career. Jack made his debut when he played a minor role in the 2012 blockbuster dystopian movie "The Hunger Games." He returned to the franchise when he made a cameo appearance in 2013's Catching Fire. Jack went on to appear in a string of independent films and became a member of the sketch comedy troop Sasquatch Sketch. After playing supporting characters in "Logan Lucky" and "Tragedy Girls," Jack landed his breakthrough role as Hugh "Wee Hughie" Campbell in the hit Amazon Prime superhero series "The Boys." In 2023, Jack landed his first lead role in an action movie when he was cast in "Novocaine." The movie premiered last weekend and reached number one at the U.S. box office. WATCH: DENNIS QUAID'S SON JACK REFUSED HIS HELP TO BECOME A HOLLYWOOD STAR Quaid told Fox News Digital that seeing Jack's movie lead the box office was "fantastic" and he "couldn't be prouder" of his son. He also predicted that Jack's success would surpass that of his famous parents. "The guy is on a trajectory to go way past both me and his mother, I think," he said. "I hope so. And I think he will. He's such a great guy." Quaid noted that Jack had refused his help as he wanted to make it in Hollywood on his own merit. "He's really earned it," Quaid said. "Done it all himself. You know, I offered to help him get an agent because my agent wanted to represent him ever since he was a kid because it looked like he was on his way there. He said, 'No, Dad, I want to do it myself.'" Meanwhile, Quaid's latest project premieres March 20 on Paramount+. "Happy Face" is based on the true events surrounding the case of the Happy Face Killer and is told from the perspective of his daughter Melissa Moore. The show is an adaptation of Moore's 2009 autobiography Shattered Silence, which she co-wrote with M. Bridget Cook, as well as her 2018 podcast "Happy Face." According to a plot synopsis,"Happy Face" follows Moore (Annaleigh Ashford), the daughter of Keith Jesperson (Quaid), the Happy Face Killer, as she navigates her identity and the impact of her father's crimes, including a situation where an innocent man faces execution for a crime her father committed. During his interview with Fox News Digital, Quaid explained why he had no interest in meeting Jesperson, who is serving a sentence of life imprisonment without parole in the Oregon State Penitentiary. "Usually I like to — if I play a real life person — I like to meet them," he said. "But this guy, I didn't want to meet him. He's in a hole in prison in Portland, where he should be. And I really didn't want to give him any kind of entertainment or feelings of excitement or whatever." However, Quaid explained how he gained insight into the character of Jesperson by working with Moore, noting that the story is told from "her point of view of her dad." The actor detailed the complicated relationship between Moore and her father as well as how she coped with the aftermath of his crimes. "They had a very loving, sweet, affectionate relationship as a kid that she remembers," he said of Moore and Jesperson. "He was a truck driver but then at the age of 15, she finds out her father's a serial killer. So how do you reconcile that in your brain? I mean, it doesn't fit?" "And she has spent her life since then really trying to right a wrong that cannot be righted in her mind," Quaid continued. "Because you still have feelings for your parents." WATCH: DENNIS QUAID REFLECTS ON PLAYING REAL-LIFE SERIAL KILLER KEITH HUNTER JESPERSON Despite Jesperson's heinous murders, Quaid explained that Moore was conflicted over how to "stop loving" her dad. "I don't know how you do that," he said. "And she's really struggled and fought just to be normal in this life. I really admire her because she's taken that and she's reached out to not only the victim's families — he killed eight women in five years — and also families of other serial killers that she has reached out to, and they formed a group to really…just because nobody really understands, except people who have been have gone through what you've gone through." Quaid's "Happy Face" co-stars James Wolk and Tamera Tomakili also sat down for an interview with Fox News Digital ahead of the show's premiere. Wolk plays Moore's husband Ben and Tomakili portrays Ivy, a producer for a popular talk show where Moore is working as a makeup artist. While speaking with Fox News Digital, Wolk and Tomakili discussed their experiences working with Quaid. "He's really a generous actor on set, and he's very kind and very professional and also someone I grew up watching," Wolk said. "So for me, it was a trip. It was one of those moments — it's cool. It's working with a legend and he's a great, great actor." "I think there was this, not this formality that he had, but he came in giving so much raw energy that it took away this feeling of needing to be proper or I'm working with this great actor," Tomakili recalled. "It was like, 'I'm giving you what I'm going to give you, and you got to step up or match up.'" She continued, "And it just felt so fun to kind of have that kind of tennis match, that playing with him because you have someone who is so giving and ready from the moment they say, 'Action." WATCH: 'HAPPY FACE' STARS JAMES WOLK AND TAMERA TOMAKILION WORKING WITH DENNIS QUAID IN SERIAL KILLER SERIES Wolk and Tomakili also shared what they hope audiences will take away from watching "Happy Face." "I think I speak for both of us when it's like, it doesn't glorify violence," Wolk said. "It doesn't glorify it," Tomakili agreed. "And I think people should know that going in that this isn't something that glorifies the killer or the violence that was done," Wolk continued. "It deals with the trauma and the psychology and the people that were affected by it. And so I think that's important for people to know coming in." "Yes, that it shows the other side," Tomakili said. "The people who are actually affected by it and how they move forward through it." "Happy Face" premieres on March 20 on Paramount+.
The National
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The National
How Jack Quaid became 'this generation's Tom Hanks'
There are two types of transcendent leading performers: Those you love to observe and those you can't help but feel for. And in the contemporary landscape, the latter has become the hardest to find. 'There's a real hole in the marketplace of actors,' says Robert Olsen, co-director of Novocaine. 'If you're looking at the next generation, Glen Powell fills the Tom Cruise slot, Timothee Chalamet is the next Leonardo DiCaprio, but where's the Tom Hanks? Where's the everyman?' And without an everyman, a lot of movies just won't work. Tom Hanks is needed for a role like Castaway, just as Jimmy Stewart was for a role like It's A Wonderful Life. For Novocaine, an action comedy about a man impervious to pain, Olsen and his co-director Dan Berk needed to find their own. 'At the time, we were watching the series The Boys, and we just started writing the character in Jack Quaid's voice, never even thinking we were going to be able to actually get him for the movie,' says Beck. 'We really do think he's this generation's Tom Hanks. He's funny, but you wouldn't call him a comedian. He's handsome, but not intimidatingly so like Brad Pitt. And everyone – man, woman, young and old – is charmed by him,' says Olsen. To say that Jack Quaid was made in a lab to be the perfect everyman would only be a slight exaggeration. After all, he's the son of actors Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid. Quaid became aware of his everyman qualities on the set of The Boys, playing a normal guy caught up in a world of superheroes and assassins. The show, which began as satirical counter-programming to the glut of Marvel and DC fare, has become a cultural juggernaut, with season four garnering 55 million viewers in its debut month last July – setting Quaid on a path to becoming a household name. 'I don't think you can train to be an everyman. I can't go to the tape and learn how to do it. It's just a quality you have and I'm lucky to have it. Some people find out they're going to play jerks for the rest of their life – and I also do that, come to think of it – but I'm glad I can do this as well,' he says. Quaid has been in the industry for more than a decade, getting his start on the first Hunger Games movie in 2012, but now that his leading man moment is finally here, he's not exactly sure how to play it. 'It's very hard for me to take a compliment,' Quaid admits. But as hard as it is for him to admit to himself how well everything's going, it's undeniable at this point. Novocaine, which releases on March 27 in the UAE, just topped box offices in the US with strong reviews, only weeks after his sci-fi thriller Companion found success critically and commercially. And stars are joining his projects just because he's on board. 'To be honest, the thing that drew me to this was working with Jack. I love everything he does. I've been waiting to work with him for literally years – his name is why I said yes,' says Novocaine co-star Amber Midthunder. Quaid thought he'd end up doing comedy – he got his start in sketch and improv – but being an action star is new to him. And as much as he excelled in it – he's not sure if that is his true path. 'I had to get in the best shape of my life for this movie,' he says. 'That's all gone now. It's out the window. I went back to candy immediately after it wrapped. They said 'cut' and I said 'hand me some Sour Patch Kids'.' And while he's now more adept at stunts after pushing himself further than before, he's having trouble unlearning the most challenging aspect of his Novocaine role – playing a man who can't feel pain. 'It's completely ruined me for every other fight scene I'm doing,' says Quaid. I'm shooting The Boys now, and I had one scene the other day where I got punched in the face, and I had to remind myself to show pain. It's too in me, now.' Quaid hasn't mapped out the kind of career he wants for himself – 'the world is too chaotic for that,' he says – but he does know that he's not going to take any shortcuts, trying to land roles with the biggest filmmakers or franchises in Hollywood. 'I love being on the ground floor with filmmakers like Dan and Bobby, or Drew Hancock who did Companion. I want to work with people who are coming up – to see them take off and work with them as they're doing it. I want to find incredible filmmakers at that stage and just keep those relationships going,' he says. There is one pet project he's dying to do, however, that doesn't fit this mould. He played the real-life scientist Richard Feynman in the Academy Award-winning Christopher Nolan film Oppenheimer (2023), and he still hasn't gotten the role out of his head. 'I'm trying to make it happen. This world is insane and Hollywood is weird, but I'm trying to figure it out. I just fell in love with the guy while researching him for Oppenheimer. It'll be the Oppenheimer cinematic universe – also known as the real world.' Novocaine will be released in cinemas across the Middle East on March 27
