Jacob Batalon

Um- And but we always loved that.

We always loved, uh, not only Jacob Batalon the actor, but also the character that, that insight that, that you could get into male friendship and, um, uh, how the, you know, how that r- relationship can be tested and, and play out, and we always had fun with it in the series.

Um, again, we didn't wanna unwind things immediately, but once we came up with the idea that he was gonna be cut off from the, you know, from, from his friends, but would then be tempted and get pulled into, you know, would see Ned at a bodega and then follow him to, uh, a house party, um, we, we, we knew that there was, there were...

We knew there was gonna be a huge emotional, um, catastrophe for him, um, for, for reasons that we were, you know, circling because again, we knew that it couldn't just be like old times.

The film was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, written by Chris McKenna and Eric Sommers.

Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, alongside Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Florence Pugh, Trammell Tillman, Marisa Tomei, and Mark Ruffalo.

In the film, Peter anonymously protects New York City as the hero Spider-Man and investigates a powerful new threat while his superpowers undergo a surprising and potentially dangerous evolution.

So there's the basic information for Spider-Man Brand New Day.

Mm-hmm.

You could do the guy from Spider-Man, Ned, Jacob Batalon.

Nah, I've never really, I've never really bought into him.

He's just a good nerdy guy, good nerdy actor.

And part comedy, also part tender human moments.

Jacob Batalon as Ned, the friend.

Mm-hmm.

I didn't,

Peter hit Scorpion with a fucking piano.

I am very disappointed, though, that they did not acknowledge Jacob Batalon as the CEO of sex, but you can't win him over.

The plot for this is interesting.

Cretton stated that their strategy was to go deeper, not bigger, which is a pretty thoughtful reaction to this kind of multiverse backlash, the post-Endgame fatigue.

Everybody.

His best friend Ned, played by Jacob Batalon, and his girlfriend MJ, played by Zendaya, they have absolutely no idea who he is.

It's not just, like, amnesia.

No, it's worse.

Thanks for joining us.

On today's episode, we will be covering Novocaine, the 2025 film starring Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, and Jacob Batalon.

I will give you the logline of the film.

When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, a man incapable of feeling physical pain turns his rare condition into an unexpected advantage in the fight to rescue her.

It's written by Lars Jacobson, somebody I'm not familiar with, and directed by Dan Burke and Robert Olsen.

Again, people I'm not familiar with.

Stars Jack Quaid as Nathan Cain, Amber Mithunder as Sherry, Ray Nicholson as Simon, and Jacob Batalon as Roscoe.

It's a very small film.

The CEO of sex.

Jacob Batalon.

But he is the CEO of sex online.

And that meme is so fucking so good.