Inde Navarrette's breakout role in the horror film Obsession has landed her a second viral moment, this time in the gaming world. Clips from her old Twitch streams, particularly a partial playthrough of The Last of Us, have amassed over 650,000 views in three days, drawing the attention of PlayStation itself.
Obsession, made on a budget of just $750,000, has become one of cinema's biggest surprises, raking in over $200 million at the box office. The film introduced Navarrette to audiences as a young woman whose life spirals after a friend's romantic wish comes true. Her performance caught the eye of viewers and critics alike, but fans soon discovered another side of her: a longtime gamer with streaming history.
A YouTube channel bearing her name uploaded archival footage from her Twitch days this month, showcasing playthroughs of titles including Call of Duty, The Last of Us, and Outlast. The videos have drawn hundreds of thousands of viewers curious about the actress's pre-fame hobby. While unclear whether Navarrette herself manages the YouTube channel or if someone else is republishing her content, the streams offer an intimate look at her gaming preferences and personality before Hollywood took over her schedule.
PlayStation UK responded to the surge in interest with a cheeky post on X: "We're obsessed." The wordplay was hard to resist given the context of her film's title and the platform's stake in gaming culture.
In a recent interview with GQ, Navarrette traced her gaming roots to childhood. She and her older brother Amani bonded over games at their father's house, starting with the PS2 and titles like Shrek. That foundation expanded into Call of Duty, Red Dead, Fallout, and eventually PC games after she built her own computer during the pandemic. She cited YouTube personalities like Markiplier as inspirations for eventually taking the leap into streaming herself.
"It's just something that I really love to do," Navarrette said, explaining that streaming felt natural when she had downtime between acting projects and friends to play with.
Her Twitch presence appears dormant now, a likely casualty of Obsession's meteoric rise. Before the horror film, Navarrette had picked up supporting roles in shows like 13 Reasons Why and Superman & Lois. Her career trajectory suggests those days of streaming in her spare time may be behind her, at least for the foreseeable future. Still, the rediscovery of her old content has given gaming fans a window into her pre-fame life.
Author Emily Chen: "Nothing says 'arriving in Hollywood' quite like your old gaming clips going viral and forcing studios to make social media wisecracks about you."
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