Cameron Diaz's Reprise With Jamie Foxx Was 'Extraordinary'

Jamie Foxx was Cameron Diaz“biggest cheerleader” on set Back in action.

According to the director Seth GordonFoxx, 57, was a major supporter of Diaz, 52, when she returned to acting on Netflix. Back in action, her first film in over a decade. “Anyone who was on the set will tell you that he was the biggest cheerleader and hype for her and really everyone involved, but especially her,” Gordon, 48, said. People in an interview published on Saturday, January 18.

Gordon also addressed Foxx Emergency Medical Services in April 2023, which stopped filming on the Netflix project, stating that Diaz was able to “mentally” support his costar when he returned to the set.

“She had to return the favor mentally in that way,” Gordon told the outlet. “It was a very unusual situation to move into, but it makes a big difference when they have that old friendship and it comes from such a good place.”

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Both Foxx and Diaz have worked together before, starring together in 2014 Annie — Diaz's last film before Back in action. They shared the screen first Any Sunday in 1999.

However, Diaz retired from acting in 2018 until focus on her family. She and her husband Benji Maddenwhom she married in 2015, welcomed daughter Radix in 2019 and son Cardinal in 2024. Source told Us Weekly earlier this month, Diaz's decision to act again “evolved over time,” adding, “It wasn't sudden.”

“Only you could bring me back to action,” Diaz wrote of Foxx via Instagram in June 2022, when their new film was first announced. Another source tells the story We that during filming Back in actionFox and Diaz “laughed non-stop on set,” noting that they share a similar sense of humor, “and their chemistry is second to none.”

In an August 2022 interview with Entertainment tonightFoxx shared that he had promised Diaz that they would have fun on set, which ultimately convinced him to return to acting.

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“It was literally, 'Do you want to have fun?' Just have fun!' And I think that's what led him to it,” he said at the time. “We sometimes miss special moments in our business, and I think this is a special moment. So we're so happy it's happening and we're looking forward to it.

Despite the fun she and Foxx had on Back in Action, the actress said in a December 2024 interview with empire that it was “hard to say” if she would do another film after that. “I reserve the right to say no to never watching a movie again, and I reserve the right to say yes if I choose to,” she said.

Back in action now streaming on Netflix.