{"id":2206,"date":"2026-01-28T15:55:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=573435"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"heres-why-the-internet-is-divided-over-odessa-azions-controversial-new-acting-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/01\/28\/heres-why-the-internet-is-divided-over-odessa-azions-controversial-new-acting-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s why the internet is divided over Odessa A\u2019zion\u2019s controversial new acting role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"385\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/2025\/12\/22\/odessa-azion-from-marty-supremes-huge-transformation-and-name-change-is-shocking-everyone\">Odessa A\u2019zion<\/a> is facing backlash online after being cast in the upcoming A24 film Deep Cuts, where she\u2019ll star alongside Drew Starkey, who also happens to be her real-life rumoured boyfriend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DS54AewklvV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by OD (@odessaazion)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"385\"><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"796\">The actress, known for her breakout roles in I Love LA and <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/24\/timothee-chalamet-spent-seven-years-training-for-marty-supreme-by-mastering-ping-pong\/\">Marty Supreme<\/a>, has been announced as a lead in the adaptation of Holly Brickley\u2019s novel Deep Cuts, an indie romance set in the early 2000s. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/movies\/odessa-azion-deep-cuts-a24-sean-durkin\/\">TheWrap<\/a>, the film is \u201ca love story about two music-obsessed twenty-somethings navigating the messy realities of ambition, belonging and adulthood over the course of an era-defining decade.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Clrx5KTP-H9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Clrx5KTP-H9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by OD (@odessaazion)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"796\"><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"1009\">Production is set to begin in February under director Sean Durkin, with Cailee Spaeny also starring. But while the casting news should have been a win for Odessa, it\u2019s instead sparked a major online controversy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1341\">In Brickley\u2019s original novel, Odessa\u2019s character Zoe Gutierrez is described as being half-Jewish and half-Mexican, something the author has emphasized. However, Brickley has also said she had no involvement in the film\u2019s casting, and that the script no longer explicitly includes Zoe\u2019s ethnicity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">why is odessa a zion playing a mexican woman\u2026 and in this political climate <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qmJyPjwjUE\">pic.twitter.com\/qmJyPjwjUE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vanessa says relax (@tiddiepatrol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tiddiepatrol\/status\/2015950231167177202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1341\"><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1377\">That change hasn\u2019t gone down well.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1379\" data-end=\"1631\">People have accused the production of whitewashing, arguing that a Latina actress should have been cast instead. Some suggested actresses like Melissa Barrera, while others criticised Hollywood more broadly for sidelining Latina representation yet again.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1633\" data-end=\"1818\">One viral tweet read: \u201cOdessa thinks those wash n go curls and tan makes her ambiguous. like you are a white woman so idk why you\u2019re playing a mexican\u2026 tried telling y\u2019all about her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1820\" data-end=\"2101\">Another person claimed the script was being rewritten \u201cto accommodate her whiteness\u201d, adding that the author allegedly deleted posts after people called out the casting. Holly Brickley has since limited comments on her Instagram after people repeatedly asked for the role to be recast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">odessa zion adlon being cast to play zoe GUTTIEREZ \u2026 and ppl said we were tripping when we side-eyed her sudden attempt at racial ambiguity. she played yall and now she gets to play a mexican while actresses like alexa demie contemplate quitting acting due to lack of roles <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/luEsMiVrO7\">https:\/\/t.co\/luEsMiVrO7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 taydutchess \u2615\ufe0f (@taydutchess) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taydutchess\/status\/2016033945112998036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1820\" data-end=\"2101\"><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2321\" data-end=\"2600\">Even fan pages have taken a stand. Twitter account Odessa A\u2019zion Daily posted a statement saying they did not support the casting, explaining: \u201cAs two Latina admins, we will be pausing this account\u2019s activity until further notice. We\u2019re here to state that we do not agree with this casting, specially given the current political state of the US.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2602\" data-end=\"2842\">Not everyone is blaming Odessa herself, though. Some people pointed out that casting decisions are ultimately down to agents, directors and studios.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2844\" data-end=\"2944\">Still, the backlash shows no sign of slowing down, and Deep Cuts hasn\u2019t even started filming yet.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2844\" data-end=\"2944\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">For more like this,\u00a0<\/i><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thetabglobal\/?locale=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thetabglobal\/?locale=en_GB\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">like The Tab on Facebook<\/a><\/i><\/b><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">.<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2844\" data-end=\"2944\">Featured image credit: John Salangsang\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a LOT of angry 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