Odessa A'zion Withdraws From A24's Deep Cuts Amid Casting Backlash

Odessa A'zion has dropped out of Sean Durkin’s A24 adaptation Deep Cuts after online backlash over her casting as Zoe Gutierrez, a Mexican Jewish character; she said she hadn’t read the book and agreed with the criticism, posting that she’s out and that others could play the role. Deep Cuts is based on Holly Brickley’s 2021 novel and set in the 2000s about two music-obsessed twenty-somethings, with Cailee Spaeny and Drew Starkey starring after Saoirse Ronan and Austin Butler exited due to scheduling.