Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder were among the actors who attended the Los Angeles premiere of "Novocaine" on Monday.

Novocaine star Jack Quaid has carved himself a niche by playing the everyman archetype with a genre twist. In The Boys, he's a nobody thrust into a world of superheroes. In Star Trek: Lower Decks, he's an ambitious worker bee on a starship.

No pain, no gain” takes on a whole literal meaning with the wild, wildly violent “Novocaine,” opening in theaters nationwide this week.