'Marty Supreme' Star Drops Out of Controversial A24 Project

Marty Supreme star Odessa A'Zion has announced that she will no longer star in Sean Durkin's upcoming A24 movie Deep Cuts after learning about her character's heritage.

The actress was supposed to be playing Zoe in Durkin's upcoming adaptation of Holly Brickley's novel, a character who is written as Mexican and Jewish. A'Zion's background is a mixture of Ashkenazi Jewish and German. She took to Instagram on Wednesday to confirm her departure from the project, stating: "I hadn't read the...