Inde Navarrette refuses to watch Obsession’s scariest scene — and she’s the one in it

So, Inde Navarrette has been getting a fair bit of buzz lately, and with good reason. Her performance in Obsession, Curry Barker's latest supernatural horror flick, is exactly the sort of thing that sticks in your brain after the credits roll—unsettling in a way that actually earns the word. Even Navarrette herself admits there are bits of the movie she can barely bring herself to watch.

This is the scariest part of the film. I refuse to watch this scene, so I was looking at the corner … I was like, 'I know what we're talking about,'

That's Navarrette, talking to Allure, reacting to a particular sequence from Obsession—sounds like it did a number on her as well as the audience. For context: the scene in question involves Michael Johnston's character (Bear) waking up in the dead of night to see Nikki (Navarrette) looming over him. She then does this slow, retreating shuffle into the darkness, all the while sobbing and asking if Bear actually loves her. To be clear, it's not just standard horror movie creepiness; it's meant to show just how out of control things have got, thanks to Bear's supernatural wish forcing Nikki to love him—basically, he wants her devotion so badly, he breaks the mechanism inside her that lets her choose at all. It turns his fantasy into a full-blown nightmare.

What's next for Navarrette?

Her work in Obsession hasn't gone unnoticed. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find a rising star on a better run right now. Since the film's release, she's landed some massive roles—one that stands out is her casting as Rogue in Marvel Studios' X-Men reboot. Yes, that Rogue. The film, directed by Jake Schreier, currently has its sights set on cinemas for 5 May 2028. That'll put her right in the middle of Marvel's next big push.

The new X-Men is scheduled to hit theatres on 5 May 2028.

But that's not the lot. She's also headlining The Waffle House Index for Apple TV+—set in a diner, where her waitress character's shift spirals from odd to outright dangerous. Still no official release date, but it's in the works.

There's potential action on the horizon as well. Navarrette has openly thrown her hat in the ring for the Call of Duty film adaptation, which is being adapted for the screen by Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg. Nothing formal yet, but she's made her interest very clear. Then, to round things off, she's joined the cast of Vertigo, a thriller set hundreds of feet in the air with a bunch of teenagers stuck after a roller coaster system gives out—pretty standard 'your worst nightmare' stuff.

• Obsession – breakout horror role
• X-Men reboot – set to play Rogue, arriving 5 May 2028
• The Waffle House Index – lead role in Apple TV+ thriller (release TBC)
• Call of Duty film – potential casting, Taylor Sheridan & Peter Berg attached
• Vertigo – thriller about teens stranded after a roller coaster goes wrong