The “I Love LA” actress announced her departure from Sean Durkin’s A24 film “Deep Cuts,” which stars Cailee Spaeny and Drew Starkey.

Marty Supreme star Odessa A’zion exits new movie over casting controversy: ‘F--- that. I’m OUT’

The "I Love LA" actress announced her departure from Sean Durkin's A24 film "Deep Cuts," which stars Cailee Spaeny and Drew Starkey.

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*Marty Supreme* and *I Love LA* actress Odessa A'zion has announced her exit from a new movie following backlash over her casting.

Controversy bubbled up online after news broke earlier this week that A'zion — the 25-year-old daughter of *Better Things*' Pamela Adlon — would star in *Deep Cuts*, an A24-backed adaptation of Holly Brickley’s 2025 novel to be directed by *The Iron Claw* filmmaker Sean Durkin.

The recent Actor Awards nominee was set to portray a half-Mexican, half-Jewish supporting character named Zoe Gutierrez, leading to intense pushback to her casting on social media.**** On Wednesday night, A'zion, who is Jewish but has no Mexican heritage, shared a series of Instagram posts claiming that she initially auditioned for a different role, but was offered the part of Zoe instead — and that she accepted without reading the full story.

Odessa A'zion in 'Marty Supreme'.

"Guys!! I am with ALL of you and I am NOT doing this movie. F--- that. I’m OUT," A'zion wrote on the social media platform, before elaborating on how her casting happened.****"THANK YOU guys for bringing this to my attention. I AGREE WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU! This is why I love you guys. I’m so so sorry that this happened. It is SO important for me to let you in on how it all went down," she said. "I went in for Percy, but was offered Zoe instead and instantly said yes! I’m so pissed y’all, I hadn’t read the book and should have paid more attention to all aspects of Zoe before accepting… and now that I know what I know??? F--- that! IM OUT."****A'zion said she'd "never take a role from someone else that’s meant to do it" and expressed that she felt "there are a plentitude of people more than capable of playing this role and I am NOT one of them."

She doubled down on her earlier claim, telling her followers, "I was so excited I just said hell yeah cause I knew how much I loved the story so I was just down to be a part of it, and so excited to work with this group of people! But f--- thattttttt y’all never again!"

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The BAFTA nominee finished with a pair of slides on her Instagram Story, telling fans she's "been so busy with other work" and hadn't had time to read the full script before signing on to the project.

"I wish I found that time sooner and clocked her name. That’s all that’s mentioned in the script when I just finally did. Thank you thank THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME KNOW!!!" she continued. "Still haven’t read the book but the story in the script is focused on Percy and Joe, so of course on my initial read that was my main focus as well. I was happy to be involved as a different role, but I just can not do it knowing more about Zoe now. I love you guysss sleep tight."

Odessa A'zion announces exit from Sean Durkin's 'Deep Cuts'.

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*Deep Cuts*, starring Cailee Spaeny and Drew Starkey, is based on Brickley’s book that's set across the 2000s, and follows two music fans (Spaeny as a music journalist and Starkey as a songwriter) who grow up together against the backdrop of the era.

A'zion is coming off of two of her most notable projects to date, following the season 1 finale (and renewal of) her HBO comedy series *I Love LA*,* *as well as her breakout role opposite Timothée Chalamet in the theatrical hit *Marty Supreme*.

See a portion of A'zion's statement on exiting the new movie above.

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