The Boys star Jack Quaid has said he’d love to appear in a BioShock movie, saying the much-loved first-person shooter is one of his favorite games of all time.
Speaking in a Reddit AMA timed to coincide with the launch of his new movie, Novocaine, Quaid said BioShock has “such a rich lore” that could be explored in a TV or movie adaptation.
“I would actually love to be in a live action adaptation of Bioshock – one of my favorite games of all time,” he said. “I think there’s such a rich lore to that game that could be explored in a TV or movie adaptation.”
But what are the chances the Bioshock movie actually gets made? In July last year, producer Roy Lee said that, following leadership changes, the video-game-to-movie BioShock adaptation had been “reconfigured,” resulting in a “more personal” film.
Lee said some of the changes came from lower budgets from Netflix. Details about the BioShock movie’s plot have not been revealed, so it’s unclear what it would have looked like before the shift. Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence is still attached to direct.
“The new regime has lowered the budgets,” Lee said at the time. “So we’re doing a much smaller version. It’s going to be a more personal point of view, as opposed to a grander, big project.”
Quaid’s comments on BioShock come alongside an admission that he looks a lot like video game action star Max Payne, whose likeness is based on Remedy writer Sam Lake. Indeed, there are shots from Quaid’s new action movie Novocaine that have caused fans to wonder if it’s a Max Payne movie in disguise.
Live action Max Payne. Seems so real so worth it. This is Max Payne. You got me watching this now. Even the woman looks like the woman from Max Payne 2 lol. The resemblance is almost as if NovoCaine characters (basically is) by the same actor (Jack Quad looking like Sam Lake) pic.twitter.com/kawh2C1B2n
— Adam Owns 6 (@AdamOwns6) March 15, 2025
Alas, it seems Quaid is less familiar with Max Payne, which is currently getting the remake treatment from Remedy in a deal with original publisher and rights holder Rockstar.
“I’ve seen people say that I look like Max Payne, and when I’ve looked at the box art, even I did a double-take,” Quaid continued. “I love Rockstar’s games, but unfortunately I’ve never played that one – it’s next on the list, for sure.”
Apart from Bioshock, Quaid loves FromSoftware games. In the same Reddit AMA, Quaid said he loved the challenge presented by the likes of Bloodborne and Elden Ring.
“I’m a huge video game nerd,” he said. “And lately I’ve been diving headfirst into the FromSoftware library. I beat Bloodborne, then I beat Sekiro, and now I’m going full boar into Elden Ring. Actually, the thing I use Reddit the most for is tips and tricks on beating Fromsoft’s bosses. I love how challenging the games are – it took me a while to get into them, but now I’m obsessed.”
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
