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Curry Barker’s Obsession has already staked its claim as one of the defining entertainment stories of 2026, turning a horror film shot on a budget under $1 million into a box office phenomenon that has climbed past $400 million worldwide for Focus Features. While Barker’s direction and premise generated significant buzz since the film’s debut, its staying power in theaters rests heavily on its cast, and specifically on Inde Navarrette. Her performance as Nikki, the film’s possessed antagonist, has been singled out by critics and fans alike as the element that keeps the supernatural premise grounded and genuinely unsettling rather than gimmicky. That kind of breakout turn tends to open doors across the industry, and Navarrette’s recent comments about her career ambitions suggest one of those doors could lead directly into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“I would,” Navarrette told Nylon Magazine when asked if she would take a role in a Marvel movie, a short answer that carries real weight against the rest of her wish list. She named Ryan Coogler, Greta Gerwig, Michael Mann, and Jake Schreier as her dream directors, and according to Nylon, she has already met with the latter two. That detail is important considering Schreier’s current job at Marvel Studios, as after the critical success of Thunderbolts*, he has been tasked with directing the X-Men movie for Marvel Studios. A private meeting with the director attached to Marvel’s next mutant movie, paired with Navarrette’s own stated openness to the MCU, is difficult to read as a coincidence.
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