Chase Infiniti Unveils Unique Name Origin

One Battle After Another star Chase Infiniti has revealed where her unusual name comes from.

The actress, 25, has shot to mainstream fame in recent months after her role in the Oscar-nominated film where she stars alongside Leonardo . 

In a new interview released on Sunday she spoke about her parents and childhood growing up in Indianapolis - revealing that she is named after 's character Chase Meridian in Batman Forever.

She told The Sunday Times that her parents 'just thought she was a confident, cool person'. 

The second part of her name was inspired by Buzz Lightyear's 'To infinity and beyond!' catchphrase from Toy Story. 

'They liked the sound of infinity,' she explained to the publication.

Chase's father Keith was the owner of a local construction company but also worked as a jazz drummer, while her mother Kimberly was a film fanatic while Chase was growing up.

The interview came just before she attended the 41st Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Sunday night in California.

She looked gorgeous in a light pink strapless silk gown and accessorised with a silver choker.  

In the interview Leo's co-star Chase also revealed she gave the actor an 'education' in and K-pop before his viral moment.

During last month's awards ceremony, Leonardo was spotted chatting animatedly with Teyana Taylor.

The exchange took place during a commercial break but quickly set social media alight when viewers noticed Leonardo laughing, pointing and seemingly discussing K-pop.

Lip readers and fans speculated he appeared to say something along the lines of: 'I was watching you with the K-pop thing. You were like, is that K-pop?'

Now Chase has revealed she had introduced Leonardo to both TikTok and the global music phenomenon while on set of their movie.

She told the publication: 'I'd be like, 'Guys, let's make TikToks, this is what my generation really likes to see,' and whatnot.'

Reflecting on Leonardo's viral Golden Globes moment, Chase said she had given him a crash course in the genre, joking: 'It was more like I gave him an education.'

It comes after deaf content creator Jackie G read the viral conversation as: 'I was watching you with the K-pop thing. You were like [peers over looking confused] is that? Who is the K-pop? Are they? Is it? We were laughing - we were like, is that? Is that K-Pop?'

As well as what the was saying, the star pointed at his own eyes before playfully pointing at the offscreen person, letting them know he was 'watching' them before excitedly waving his fingers around and clapping.

X users swiftly asked who he was talking to and what he was saying, to which AI took Grok replied: 'It's a viral lip-reading video from the 2026 Golden Globes showing Leonardo DiCaprio chatting with Teyana Taylor during a break...

'The deaf lip reader's take: He's saying he watched her with 'the K-pop thing,' asks 'who is the K-pop?' and they laugh about it, ending with 'sure, I'll sign.' Likely lighthearted gossip... leonardo dicaprio talking to teyana taylor'.