{"id":1182817,"date":"2026-09-02T17:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1182817\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:11:18","slug":"inde-navarrette-sets-best-actress-oscar-campaign-for-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1182817\/","title":{"rendered":"Inde Navarrette Sets Best Actress Oscar Campaign for ‘Obsession’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWill the Oscars<\/a> love Inde Navarrette<\/a>, like \u201ca love only the branch of a willow tree could conjure?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tVariety can exclusively confirm that Navarrette will campaign in the best actress category this coming awards season for her breakout turn in Curry Barker<\/a>\u2019s box office smash \u201cObsession<\/a>,\u201d headlining a wide-ranging effort from Focus Features that will seek recognition across nearly every category the film is eligible to enter.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is a seismic full-court press studios reserve for a title they believe can go the distance. Alongside Navarrette, the distributor plans to campaign Barker as a rare triple threat in best director, original screenplay and film editing, the same three categories Sean Baker swept for his best picture winner \u201cAnora\u201d (which he also took alongside one more as producer). It is a combination of above-the-line and below-the-line recognition that positions him as one of the season\u2019s marquee multi-hyphenate stories.<\/p>\n

\n\tNavarrette\u2019s place in the best actress gives the campaign its center of gravity to get through the next several months. Studios build best picture runs around a face and a narrative, and Focus is betting that a breakout turn is the engine that pulls the rest of the slate into the race. The studio will also be steering the anticipated drama \u201cElsinore\u201d starring Andrew Scott, the remake of \u201cSense and Sensibility\u201d with Daisy Edgar-Jones and another entry from a horror master, Robert Eggers\u2019 \u201cWerwulf.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe low-budget horror-romance has grossed more than $505.6 million worldwide against a slim $750,000 production budget.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne consequential decision facing \u201cObsession\u201d still remains unsettled: its Golden Globes campaign. Focus and the filmmakers have yet to decide (or confirm) whether \u201cObsession\u201d will seek consideration in the drama or the musical or comedy race. That playbook is not new, as seen in 2017 with Jordan Peele\u2019s horror hit \u201cGet Out\u201d competing as a comedy at the Globes. The movie went on to land four Academy Award nominations, including best picture, best director for Peele and best actor for Daniel Kaluuya, and it won best original screenplay.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor now, the call remains open. But if the musical or comedy route holds, expect \u201cObsession\u201d to lean into the \u201cGet Out\u201d comparison rather than run from it.<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow is the complete list of categories Focus Features intends to submit this season.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tOBSESSION, from left: Inde Navarrette, Michael Johnston, 2025. \u00a9 Focus Features \/ Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00a9Focus Features\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n