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Corned Beef and ‘Obsession’ Confessions With Inde Navarrette<\/h1>\n
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Inde Navarrette isn\u2019t ready for this. In front of her sits a half-pound of corned beef on rye bread, absolutely swimming in sauerkraut and mustard \u2014 a specialty of Midtown Manhattan\u2019s Carnegie Diner. \u201cI love having brothers and a boyfriend because whenever I think I\u2019m not going to finish that<\/em>, I have a vacuum,\u201d she says, staring down a plate that also contains a rather hefty serving of fries and slaw. \u201cSo now I\u2019m just looking at this half pound of corned beef\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Also overwhelming: the sudden attention that comes with starring in Obsession<\/em>, this year\u2019s breakout film. Strangers are now stopping her on the street. Casting directors and fashion houses are hitting her up. Her Instagram followers spiked to 2.2 million and counting. \u201cI don\u2019t care how much I\u2019m not sleeping, because I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll get this opportunity again,\u201d she says. \u201cIt reminds me of being in a SoulCycle class and all of the girls are like, \u2018Sleep when you\u2019re dead.\u2019 Barry\u2019s Bootcamp and Orangetheory really [prepared me for this].\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s 11 a.m. on a Monday in June when the 25-year-old and I meet for brunch, and Navarrette has already checked off one major movie star milestone this morning: naming her Top 4 favorite films for Letterboxd. (\u201cYou play out the scenarios in your head, and then all of a sudden, you\u2019re there, and you go, \u2018I don\u2019t remember anything,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cI don\u2019t consider myself a cinephile \u2014 one of my favorite movies is She\u2019s the Man<\/em>.\u201d) Later that evening she\u2019ll knock out another one: attending Chanel\u2019s annual Tribeca Festival dinner, alongside Robert De Niro, Sofia Coppola, Sarah Pidgeon, and Ayo Edebiri. Tomorrow, she\u2019ll make her first morning show appearance.<\/p>\n

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Obsession<\/em> \u2014 Navarrette\u2019s first starring film role, following stints on shows like 13 Reasons Why<\/em> and Superman & Lois<\/em> \u2014 became the stuff of box office lore within weeks of opening. With a budget less than $1 million, the Curry Baker-directed horror film has since earned nearly $300 million worldwide, making it one of the most profitable films of 2026. The movie follows Bear (Michael Johnston), who makes a wish that his friend and co-worker would fall in love with him, only to discover some dire consequences. As Nikki, his object of affection and the film\u2019s central antagonist (or protagonist, depending on how you look at it), Navarrette gives one of the most memorable breakout performances in years; many have compared it to Natalie Portman\u2019s turn in L\u00e9on: The Professional<\/em>, which Navarrette has cited as an inspiration. There\u2019s even been awards buzz already, not dissimilar to Amy Madigan\u2019s 2025 performance in Weapons<\/em>, which ultimately landed her the Oscar.<\/p>\n

If any of that has turned Navarrette\u2019s head upside down, it isn\u2019t showing. For the first 30 minutes of our hour together, we don\u2019t talk shop at all. Instead, we talk about her plan to move to New York (she\u2019s currently sourcing all types of intel on which neighborhood is right for her); her martini preference (vodka, very dirty; Misi in Williamsburg recently made her \u201cthe dirtiest little martini you\u2019ve ever had\u201d); and the city\u2019s recent Knicks mania. It\u2019s only then that her recent circumstances poke through: \u201cI did Kimmel<\/em> the other day\u201d \u2014 not a name-drop, just a fact \u2014 \u201cand they were talking about how you could buy a house in San Antonio for the price of a ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She\u2019s touched that anyone is paying attention to her at all. \u201cI actually had the cutest experience yesterday in Aritzia. This girl came up to me so excited, speaking Spanish, but my family has always spoken Spanish very slowly,\u201d recalls the actor, who was born to a Mexican father and Australian mother. \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh my God, this is the most embarrassing moment in my life. I can\u2019t do anything.\u2019 But she immediately was like, \u2018I\u2019m your biggest fan and love you so much. Can I please take a photo?\u2019 Moments like that I really like. I love being recognized by the girls. I haven\u2019t really had a bad experience with dudes, but it\u2019s a different energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mostly, though, she tries to tune out the idea of being perceived publicly. \u201cI already have that as a girl,\u201d she says of unsolicited attention. \u201cYou\u2019re out, and you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, I noticed that this is happening.\u2019 I just clock it. I don\u2019t want it to affect the way that I go about things, but I\u2019m a very private person.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On social media, she is a bit more loose. \u201cIt took me a while to find my style online, which is why sometimes when people post old sh*t of mine, I go, \u2018Oh my God.\u2019\u201d (Like Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Connor Storrie before her, old videos of Navarrette\u2019s streamer channel have been resurfaced by enthusiastic fans.) \u201cI really like engaging with people. It\u2019s the most fun thing ever, but I think there are certain boundaries that need to be in place because there are just some things that I shouldn\u2019t know,\u201d she says. \u201cYou know what I mean? Some opinions just aren\u2019t my business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her focus, instead, is what comes next. In the two months since Obsession<\/em>\u2019s release, she\u2019s \u201c100%\u201d seen a change in the types of auditions she\u2019s getting. \u201cBut I also find that there\u2019s a difference in the way that I\u2019m approaching them,\u201d she continues. \u201cBetween Obsession<\/em> and the film after that, I didn\u2019t work. I was walking dogs. I was streaming. I was doing a lot of these things to make money. I didn\u2019t have a lot of confidence because you just keep hearing no<\/em>, and that can be debilitating. I now have a lot more confidence in the decisions that I\u2019m making, and that\u2019s made the audition process a lot more fun.\u201d She has a few dream projects in mind: maybe an action film like Atomic Blonde<\/em>, except the assassin is \u201cteeny tiny,\u201d or the live-action adaptation of Rebecca Yarros\u2019 Fourth Wing<\/em>. Her list of dream directors is even longer: Ryan Coogler, Greta Gerwig, Michael Mann, and Thunderbolts*<\/em> director Jake Schreier, the latter two of whom she\u2019s met with recently.<\/p>\n

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Would she do a Marvel film? \u201cI would.\u201d Another horror film? \u201cI would love to.\u201d Obsession 2<\/em>? \u201cI think the beautiful thing about it is that there is no sequel. I think it\u2019d be cool if Curry did the anthology series that he was talking about, where each is a different wish. Then I could watch and not get scared by myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

A waiter passes by to see how we\u2019re doing; Navarrette glances down at the approximately one-third pound of beef on her plate and asks for a box. \u201cI\u2019m really stoked about a film I\u2019m doing in September because I really like working with first-time directors,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd what I really love is this idea of suspense\/thriller\/horror and what falls under the umbrella of the worst feelings that you could ever feel. How do those stories get told? Horror does that really beautifully with shame and trauma.\u201d She pauses, shepherding her sandwich into Styrofoam. \u201cI really want to prove that Obsession<\/em> wasn\u2019t just lightning in a bottle. This is something that I really love and want to continue doing, but of course that\u2019s going to take time. I want people to take that time to trust that I have that capability. I also want to fall on my face publicly and have something that people don\u2019t like [but] maybe I do.\u201d She laughs. \u201cSo, I\u2019m looking forward to that<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n