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If anyone knows Curry Barker ‘s success wasn’t built overnight, it’s Anthony Pavone.

Years before Obsession became one of 2026’s biggest success stories, the 29-year-old actor was collaborating with writer-director Barker and his creative partner, Cooper Tomlinson . While Barker and Tomlinson were best known as the duo behind the sketch comedy YouTube channel That’s a Bad Idea, there’s another creative living in their Los Angeles townhouse: Pavone, Barker’s longtime collaborator, roommate and friend.

Pavone starred in Barker’s 2023 horror short The Chair , playing Reese, a man whose decision to bring home an abandoned antique chair sends him spiraling into paranoia and a terrifying unraveling of reality.…