# 'Novocaine' Directors Dan Berk & Robert Olsen

An episode of [IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1142632832), 13 Mar 2025, 45 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PMC3776375771.mp3?updated=1741880647

“Novocaine” directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen join IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill to talk about their new action-comedy, which merges the influence of 1980s hits like “Die Hard” and “Lethal Weapon” with the story of a new kind of action hero. Berk and Olsen discuss how they made the most of a modest budget, why Cape Town, South Africa doubled for San Diego, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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