What a difference a year makes! — Midnight Madness programmer.
A year after Obsession’s explosive World Premiere at TIFF’s Midnight Madness, writer/director Curry Barker and his star Inde Navarrrette sat down at the Toronto festival to talk about how their lives have changed.
After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush(Inde Navarrette)’s heart, a hopeless romantic (Michael Johnston) finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Made for less than $1 million, the indie horror romance was snatched up by Focus Features for $15 million. After some expansion of the story and reshoot,s Obsession released in May and went on to gross over $500 million worldwide –, bigger than Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.
Curry Barker:
After the unprecedented success of Obsession ,youtube filmmaker Curry Barker, now 26, signed a multi-million-dollar deal with Universal and Blumhouse for his third feature.
Inde Navarrette:
Inde Navarrrette’s biggest role before Obsession was playing Lana Lang’s daughter Sarah for four seasons on the filmed-in-Vancouver DC series Superman & Lois.
Obsession catapulted her to international fame..
Her next big role is Rogue in Marvel’s new X-Men movies.
The actress, now 25, also plans to direct some projects herself.