Why Obsession Should Be Your Most Anticipated Horror Movie | Obsession Cast Interview

- People ask me all the time, are you the good guy or the bad guy? And I'm like, I don't know. - What's up everyone? Welcome back to the Collider Interviews YouTube channel. I am so thrilled to be sitting with the cast of Obsession, congratulations. - Thank you. - Thank you. - That congratulations has been sitting in my heart since I saw this movie at Fantastic Fest in September, just,

Something else, something else. So clearly I know and love your movie, but I'm curious when you realized that you made something special, whether it was when you first read the script, in production, maybe when the movie was finished. Can you each tell me the first moment you knew to your core, we made a next level special horror movie? - Yeah, there was a really specific moment on set, first week. I believe the first week was almost all the same location, which was my character Bear's house.

And I was just kind of looking around in between takes at the attention to detail. And, you know, I was so focused on those first few days on my performance and the storytelling. And it was the first time that my nervous system calmed down a little bit. A little bit. And I was just looking around at the whole crew and I thought to myself,

"Whoa, I don't think I have ever experienced such a committed team as a whole package." And I just knew that whatever we were going to make was going to be special.

I think for me it was actually, I was in the chemistry read for Michael and Indy and you just could tell, like the script was already great but you could tell with them like really seeing the freaky parts come to life for the first time knowing these guys were going to be cast, it was pretty special and I agree with Michael on the weak but it was right when they worked together for the first time, it was magic. I'd never heard this before. No. Yeah. Yeah.

I feel like I, as soon as I read the script, I was like, "I can't put this down. I need to finish it." Like, in one sitting, I finished it so fast. And then I was just thinking, "I hope I book this, and if I don't, I need to see this movie." Like, I immediately... And I also watched some of Curry's shorts and stuff on YouTube, and I could just visualize it so clearly just reading the script and having those references, so...

I was, I was hooked. - The best feeling in the world when you want to make something, but you also know that that's likely going to be something you would genuinely be a fan of. - Oh, absolutely. What about you? - Oh, I honestly, I was, I think I had that moment whenever we saw it at TIFF.

because of the way that the sound happened and the audience's reaction to it was just, it was electrifying. And I was really proud of the work and I was really proud of everybody. So I knew that we had like done it. Like we had finished the race. We got to see there. We got to watch it with everybody. And I think that's the moment that it settled for me.

I love it. So now to dig into some details here. Michael, come your way first, because this is one of my favorite questions to ask. I love hearing about an actor's experience having like an aha moment with their character. But in particular, when you're playing a character who is making questionable decisions and also like turning the nice guy trope on its head. So do you remember the first thing that you thought of or you did in prep or on set that made you stop and go like, I really get who Bear is and how to play him now? Yeah, you know, I think it happened before we ever made it to set.

It happened after I read the script. I could already see in Curry's writing that he wasn't making Bear and the story even black and white.

And I loved that. And it's the first thing... So I didn't actually audition for the movie first. It just started with I got the script and I met with Curry on Zoom. So that was my very first sort of, I guess, audition, if you want to say. And that is the very first thing that we talked about instantly was just how we really want to make Bear really likable. You want to root for him. But as the movie goes on, he starts making these questionable decisions. And I mean...

It's so fun because people ask me all the time, are you the good guy or the bad guy? And I'm like...

I don't know. Spoiler. It's so incredibly frustrating, and I mean that as the highest form of compliment. To build on what was mentioned about your chemistry, Reid, I'll ask the two of you this question, because it does feel like the vibe between your characters is kind of the core of this movie, and the movie hinges on that needing to work exceptionally well. So what is the first thing the two of you remember about the other that made you stop and think to yourself, like, she is the Nikki to my bear, and vice versa?

Honestly, I think it was the way that the scenes played out. Like, it wasn't what you said, it's how you said it, and also...

the way that we just vibed with each other, it was like a friendship first, and I think that that's really important for the Nicki and Bear dynamic, is they're actually just friends, and it's not so much like a romantic chemistry sort of a thing. Like brother and sister-ish? We like clicked. It was like that, like, hey, bro. Yeah, hi there. I actually remember exactly the moment. I walked, I don't know if you remember this, I walked into the room, meeting you for the first time, and you, the first thing you said to me was, sup? Sup?

And I was like, oh, and you went, oh, oh, okay, leave me hanging. And then we immediately started rolling. And I was like, what the fuck?

What is happening? And that's kind of the vibe between our characters. Like, we're comfortable with each other, but... We're never really on the same page. We, like, weren't on the same page. And it's almost in a playful way. But it seriously worked. Like, we just have this, like, trust. It was this ease. I almost feel like, for me, with the other chemistry reads, I mean, everyone was amazing. But it was almost like we got along too well, if that makes sense. Or it was too, like, oh, this...

could totally be very romantic and work. With us it was like, I don't know if these two characters should. - Yeah, it's like, hmm, there's something, we gotta figure it out. - Yeah. - Yeah.

What a perfect starting point for that dynamic. Indy, I'll apologize. I'm going to make this next question very awkward for you because I want to ask this to the three of you of watching her because I wrote this in my reaction. I know it's still very early on in the year. I would be shocked if your performance in this movie wasn't one of my favorite of the entire year. My jaw was truly on the floor. So for each of you, can you tell me the first thing you saw her do on set, kind of in freaky Nicki mode that made your jaw hit the floor?

Okay, it actually wasn't on set. So I live with Curry and so they'd practice, him and Indy would practice all the freaky stuff at our place. So you just, you get to see her doing a bunch of freaky things, yelling and stuff. Like, and it's just, you know, I'm like in my room, like working. You were there? We go down and she's like doing all these crazy movements, you know, it's, that was my first time.

I visited set on a day that I wasn't shooting and I hadn't seen Indy do any of her stuff yet. And it was on a crazy day. That's all I'll say. Near the end of the movie. And I was like, what the hell is going on? But I mean, that got me so excited for how everything would turn out. You know,

I mean, Indy did an incredible job playing the crazy, crazy stuff. But, you know, I think one of my first moments, because it was early on in shooting,

was in the beginning where, you know, right after the wish has been made, where she's just a bit off. For me, that really just kind of impressed me. I mean, there's so much that she did. There's so many little quirky things that she did that really weren't scripted.

And it just felt like every take was a little different and I just really didn't have to act. It was so much fun. I just reacted to whatever she did. And sometimes I just remember it was like, all right, we got that. And I was like, oh, my God, wait, that it felt like we were. Wait, really? Oh, yeah, that was. I don't know. She just had so many little things. We we had such a blast. Yeah. I told the story earlier about the there's a moment in the car where in the very beginning, whenever Bear drops Nikki off.

And I'm supposed to come around and try and get a seatbelt. And the wish has just been made. So he has genuinely, he's so confused. And I was also really confused because it's 3 o'clock in the morning. And I was supposed to go a certain way around the car. But I went left when I was supposed to go right. And then I realized I was supposed to go right. And then I second-guessed myself and I went back to the left. And I realized I should go right. And he busted up laughing. He's like, what are you doing? And it's in the movie. It made it in the movie. I'm laughing at her. And I'm like, what are you doing?

It's literally in the phone. I love those kinds of things, those unexpected things that happen on set that wind up in the finished cut. I have so many follow-up questions to ask you, but I will tease for our audience. We get to talk a lot more later, and I'm going to dig into all the details. We can talk spoilers. It's going to be great. I have to wind down with you all soon. I wanted to squeeze in this fun question because your movie definitely made me think of it. I'm a big horror lover, but I especially love when horror movies make me...

do something differently in my everyday life. So can you each share something you saw in a horror movie that has stopped you from doing something in your day to day? One of my favorite examples to give is every time I am behind a truck with logs or literally anything in the back, I gotta move away because of Final Destination 2. I do that too, no joke. Logs on a truck? No, no, no, no.

I don't drive behind trucks. No. With cargo. I have a huge fear of, I always run up the stairs. I always feel like somebody's chasing me, like Ghostface is chasing me. You're not supposed to run up the stairs. Well, I'm always running upstairs or walking upstairs. I always feel, I don't like when somebody's behind me. No. Especially you.

Anywhere I go, a hotel or somewhere I've never been before, if I'm spending any time in that room, I always open all the doors and check the closet. Probably because of Halloween. Michael Myers. So I just check the closet. I just look anywhere anyone could hide. I just do a quick check. So understandable. Yeah.

I don't really watch horror movies. I'm very sensitive. But with the horror movies that I've watched specifically because we watched Hereditary for the film is I didn't stop doing stuff. I started doing things, which is looking up whenever I walk into rooms because just in case I'm feeling, I did that for a proper amount. I got a very clear visual as you said that just now. My electricity bill was really high that month. You say you don't watch horror movies and then the first one you name drop is Hereditary. That's the first one that

She was forced to watch the movie on our cast bonding day before we started filming Really throwing you into the deep end right there. Really? What was yours? I don't I can't think of one. I'm just kind of like body dog Do you have a favorite scary movie? I like get out I like invisible man, but I don't get scared very easily I also love alien

But yeah, I don't get scared very easily. I think I have one quick second, so I'm going to ask you all to do this now because I don't know who just shout that out, but the idea of dying first. Can you each assign each other a horror movie cliche? Like, who's the first to die? Who's the one you think is dead but comes back at the end to save the day? All that good stuff. Oh, my.

- You would end up being the killer. - I'm the killer, absolutely. - Yeah, I agree. - Michael? - Yeah. - Oh, 100%. - Unassuming, right? - No, he'd bake you sourdough and kill you with it. - Poison me. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Do we have to do first, second, third, or survive? 'Cause I don't, yeah, you'd probably die first or second. - Oh. - Yeah. I think Indy would be the final girl. - Yeah.

I think I might make it. Andy's badass. It's up in the air. It's a coin flip. You would go back. Even though you could have escaped, you'd go back to help somebody. You'd come out of the second movie and we'd be like, dog, where have you been? I'd be dead in the sequel. Or, no, you literally just described Randy. I am Randy. You are Randy. I am Randy. You would die first, but then you would show up in the sequel with, like, a missing arm. And you're working... You're like...

Yeah, you're like a bartender and I show up and I'm like, dude, I thought, yeah. A bartender with a missing arm. Hey, let me pour you your drink or whatever. Let me tell you about a story I have. I will just say, I will watch this entire movie as well as watching your movie over and over and over again. Biggest congratulations to everybody out there. Where's my camera? It's right there. I see you. Do not miss Obsession in theaters.