Inde Navarrette on how freeing it was to play Nikki in OBSESSION:
“I think it felt freeing because there are so many emotions people don’t talk about since they carry a lot of shame. Being in a room full of people portraying those feelings, and having them praised as good performance was really powerful. Even while we were filming, and after the film came out, people on set who had experienced emotions like that would come up to me and say, “Thank you for portraying it that way,” or “Thank you for not pretty-ifying it.” Just showing the rawness of it, and honestly, how horrific it can be, really adds to the fact that it’s a horror film.”
OBSESSION was so disturbing and uncomfortable because the casual selfishness of a man is a terrifying thing. even a man you trust, even a man you think is your friend. you have no idea what autonomy they would steal from you if given the chance and that’s horrifying
I just watched obsession and holy shit
I just realized that the horror that happened to Asa was the horror that happened to Nikki, and if we can acknowledge Bears terrible behavior there... I think its only fair to realize that what Denji ended up doing in part 2 was veru similar
I just realized this and look i like denji but lbr he acted in ways that completely disregarded Asas consent and personhood in favor of the version of her that liked him... and harmed her.