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Odessa A’zion Pulls Out of A24 Film ‘Deep Cuts’ After Casting Backlash: “I Hadn’t Read the Book”
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The Hollywood Reporter
Marty Supreme’s rising star Odessa A’zion announced Wednesday night that she has exited Sean Durkin’s A24 film Deep Cuts following online backlash to her casting, which was only revealed 48 hours ago.
A’zion took to Instagram Stories to tell her fans and followers that she took to heart their comments and concerns about whitewashing the adaptation of Holly Brickley’s novel, published in 2023.
A’zion was poised to play a character named Zoe Gutierrez, who is described in the book as half Mexican and half Jewish.
?”A’zion set to star opposite Drew Starkey and Cailee Spaeny in the 2000s-set story about two music obsessed 20-somethings as they chase ambition, belonging and adulthood.
Per reports, Durkin, who previously directed The Iron Claw and The Nest is set to direct from his own script.