Inde Navarette on Obsession
Inde Navarette says she's terrified of Nikki and won't rewatch the Obsession scene featuring practical effects in an Uncanny Valley makeup trend. She calls it the scariest part of the film, stating: "This is the scariest part of the film. I refuse to watch this scene."
Transcript (en)
The audience and giving Nikki this unpredictability of really what on earth is she gonna do? Nikki? I don't like my dreams. I feel like you don't love me as much as I do. Yep. I feel like I look like a little monkey. This is the scariest part of the film. I refuse to watch this scene. So I was looking at the corner. I was like, I know what we're talking about. But yeah, this is the Uncanny Valley makeup. Curry had the idea of kind of playing with that part of your brain when something looks human, but there's a part of your brain that recognizes that it's not. And that is called the Uncanny Valley. And Kay Oja, who is the makeup artist for this, really did a good job because because it's terrifying. We, in a jokeresque way, emphasized the lining of my lips and just kind of exaggerated certain features to give it this inhuman aspect. So we put black around my pupils to emphasize the eyes and just kind of all of the little lines in my face.
