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After “Obsession” became an unprecedented box office success and earned over $400 million from a small budget, all eyes are on breakout star Inde Navarrette.
“I’ve been taking a lot of meetings since ‘Obsession’ came
out,” she explained on Variety’s “Up Next” podcast. “That’s been really nice because you get to meet people and ask questions.”
One of those meetings, as one might expect for one of Hollywood’s rising stars, was with Marvel Studios. Navarrette revealed she recently met with “Thunderbolts” director Jake Schreier, who is now developing Marvel’s upcoming “X-Men” film. She said she grew up watching Fox’s original 2000s “X-Men” movies and praised Schreier for bringing back the character-driven storytelling that she loved about that era of Marvel.
“I thought what Jake brought to ‘Thunderbolts’ was what I used to love about Marvel,” Navarrette said. “It was character-driven, and the whole time I just couldn’t stop gushing about how much I appreciated what he did with Marvel.”
While the “Obsession” star stopped short of revealing more about her conversation with Schreier, she tempered expectations by explaining that many of her recent meetings have simply been opportunities to meet filmmakers she admires, whether or not they lead to a contract being signed.
“That’s kind of the luxury I have right now, meeting all these different kinds of people,” she said. “Not all of those meetings turn into projects, but sometimes it’s just, ‘I really want to work with you. I’ve seen this project, and this one, and this one.’”
Several of the legacy “X-Men” actors, including Patrick Stewart’s Professor Xavier, Ian McKellen’s Magneto, James Marsden’s Cyclops, Kelsey Grammer’s Beast, Alan Cumming’s Nightcrawler and Rebecca Romijn’s shape-shifter Mystique will appear in “Avengers: Doomsday” this December.
Following “Avengers: Secret Wars” in 2027, which will likely bring back even more legacy Marvel performers, Kevin Feige’s Marvel universe will start anew with a younger group of X-Men in Schreier’s upcoming film. Presumably, Sadie Sink’s Jean Gray (just introduced in Marvel and Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”) will be one of the leading stars of the film.
As for what character Navarrette could play, she left fans with a tease: “I mean, Mystique has always been super cool.”
