"They thought it was okay to not even audition Latinas for the role in the first place," said actor Xochitl Gomez on the casting for Sean Durkin's "Deep Cuts," which received backlash this week

EXCLUSIVE: Over 100 Latino actors, artists and storytellers have signed an open letter to Hollywood calling to increase the presence of Latino voices in early stages of development and greenlighting rooms as well as the amount of Latino actors in auditions and non-stereotypical lead roles.

The group of creatives acknowledged controversy that ensued after Odessa A'zion was cast in Sean Durkin's A24 film as character Zoe Gutierrez, who is described in the book that the film is based on as half Mexican and half Jewish.