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Back in January, most people had never heard of Inde Navarrette. The 25-year-old actress was known, if at all, for a supporting part on The CW’s Superman & Lois. Fast forward to now, and she’s saying no to projects that would put her alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale.
That’s the kind of year it’s been for Navarrette. Her breakout came from Curry Barker’s horror film Obsession, a movie that cost just $750,000 to make. Since then, the film has pulled in nearly $500 million worldwide, a return that’s hard to find comparisons for anywhere in recent box office history.
Turning Down Heat 2 for X-Men
According to Page Six, Navarrette recently walked away from a role in Michael Mann’s Heat 2. The part in question was Charlene, the character Ashley Judd played in the original 1995 Heat. She also passed on a $2.5 million horror project from director Matthias Hoene.
A producer told the New York Post’s entertainment desk that Navarrette is now “regularly turning down mid-seven-figure offers.”
That’s not bad for someone who was doing CW dramas less than a year ago.
She hasn’t turned down everything, though. Navarrette has committed to one major role since Obsession blew up, and it’s a big one. She’s set to play Rogue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s upcoming X-Men reboot, currently scheduled for 2028.
The cast around her is stacked. Jake Schreier is directing, with Adam Driver playing Mister Sinister and Sadie Sink taking on Jean Grey. Kit Connor is set for Cyclops, while Christopher Abbott steps into the role of Professor X. Samara Weaving joins as Emma Frost, and Maya Boyd rounds out the group as Storm.
Picking X-Men as her next move makes sense when you consider the timeline. The film is expected to anchor Marvel’s slate once the studio effectively resets everything following Avengers: Secret Wars, also due in 2028; landing a lead role in that lineup could mean steady work for a decade or more.
Navarrette doesn’t have anything else lined up to release this year. That said, she’s not exactly disappearing from view, Focus Features, the studio behind Obsession, is reportedly building a Best Actress Oscar campaign around her performance.
