Ray Nicholson on Acting, Overcoming Doubts, and Starring in ‘Borderline’ and ‘Novocaine’

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It’s immediately clear upon meeting Ray Nicholson that he loves making movies. The 33-year-old is doing double duty, promoting films “Borderline” and “Novocaine,” both out last week, and doesn’t really stop smiling when discussing each. “Borderline” was a “one of one experience,” while shooting “Novocaine” was “one of the most fun I’ve ever had filming, for sure.” Despite initial resistance to acting, Nicholson is now following in the footsteps of his dad — that would be Jack Nicholson — and is quickly rising as one of Hollywood’s most in-demand young actors.  “Borderline,” starring Samara Weaving and Eric Dane, comes from “Cocaine Bear” writer Jimmy Warden and tells the story of an obsessive, sociopathic fan who invades the home of the ’90s pop star who he is convinced he’s meant to marry. Warden and Nicholson met at a Sightglass Coffee to discuss the project, and Warden told Nicholson he was the one for the role.  “And that was so important for me because it was just the first time that I felt that a filmmaker really trusted me and really wanted me and really was behind me,” Nicholson says. “And from the beginning he was just like, ‘you know what you are doing?

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