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Jamie Foxx was Cameron Diaz‘s “biggest cheerleader” on set Back in action.
According to the director Seth GordonFoxx, 57, has been a major supporter of Diaz, 52, during her return to acting with Netflix Back in action, her first film in over a decade. “Anyone who was on set will tell you that he was the biggest cheerleader and hype man for her and really for everyone involved, but most of all for her,” Gordon, 48, said. People in an interview published on Saturday, January 18.
Gordon also addressed Foxx’s ER in April 2023, interrupting filming on the Netflix project, saying that Diaz was able to “spiritually” support her co-star when he returned to set.
“He has to return the favor in this way spiritually,” Gordon told the paper. “It was a very unusual situation to navigate, but it makes a big difference when they have this old friendship and it comes from such a good place.
Both Foxx and Diaz have worked together before and starred together in 2014 Annie — Diaz’s last film before Back in action. First they shared the screen Any given Sunday in 1999.
However, Diaz took a step back from playing in 2018 focus on her family. She and husband Benji Maddenwhom she married in 2015, welcomed daughter Raddix in 2019 and son Cardinal in 2024. Source he said My Weekly Earlier this month, Diaz’s decision to act again “evolved over time,” adding, “It wasn’t sudden.”
“Only you can get me back in action,” Diaz wrote of Foxx via Instagram in June 2022, when their new film was first announced. Another source said that Our that while filming Back in actionFoxx and Diaz were “laughing constantly” on set, noting that they share a similar sense of humor “and their chemistry is second to none”.
In an interview from August 2022 with Fun tonightFoxx shared that Diaz promised to have fun on set, which ultimately convinced her to return to acting.
“So it was literally, ‘You want to have fun? Just have fun!’ so happy it’s happening and looking forward to it.”
Despite the fun she and Foxx had on the set of Back in Action, the actress said in a December 2024 interview Empire that it was “hard to say” if she would do another film after that. “I reserve the right to say no to ever making a film again, and I reserve the right to say yes if I choose to,” she said.
Back in action now streaming on Netflix.