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Cameron Diaz shares what inspired her acting comeback in Netflix’s ‘Back in Action’

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<p>Cameron Diaz attributed her return to acting to Jamie Foxx.</p><p>The actress currently stars with Jamie in the new Netflix movie <em>Back in Action.</em></p><p>&quot;I am back all thanks to Jamie. I had 10 years of not paying attention to anything, not accepting any advances; and then I got this script and thought that maybe it was time,&quot; she said in an interview with <em>The Graham Norton Show.</em></p><p>The actress further highlighted: &quot;If I was going to leave my family for 10 hours a day, I wanted to do it with the most talented man in the entertainment business.&quot;</p><p>Cameron expressed her gratitude to have been given the opportunity to headline a movie again.</p><p>&quot;It is a privilege to make films, and we are all so lucky to do what we do. That the door was even open for me after a decade was amazing,&quot; she stated.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFMCy97O_GZ/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=754&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A78581%2C%22ls%22%3A59804%2C%22le%22%3A60190%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="834" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>The Hollywood star remarked that turning down <em>Back in Action</em> would have been a missed opportunity.</p><p>&quot;I loved those 10 years for me and my family, but I thought, ‘If I let this go away, if I don’t engage again, and if I don’t give it chance, I am a fool,&#x27;&quot; she said. &quot;It might be the beginning of something, but it&#x27;s here now and I am grateful for it,&quot; she stated.</p><p>The last film that Cameron did was<em> Annie</em> in 2014, which she starred in alongside Jamie as well.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCWx_MxuHeA/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=754&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A60225%2C%22ls%22%3A59804%2C%22le%22%3A60190%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="834" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p><em>Back in Action</em> follows the story of Emily (Cameron) and Matt (Jamie), who years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family &quot;find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown,&quot; as per Netflix&#x27;s Tudum.</p><p>In an interview with<em> Skip Intro</em>, Cameron opened up about the experience of returning to a movie set again.</p><p>&quot;It’s like riding a bike, you know what I mean? When you go back to something that you’ve done, there’s so much of it that you don’t have to think about. I was like, ‘Oh man, I just know how to hit my mark. I know what questions to ask the cameraman.’ The set was second nature to me,&quot; she recalled.</p>

<p>Cameron Diaz currently stars in the Netflix movie 'Back in Action' alongside Jamie Foxx. </p>

Cameron Diaz currently stars in the Netflix movie 'Back in Action' alongside Jamie Foxx.

Cameron Diaz shares what inspired her acting comeback in Netflix’s ‘Back in Action’

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Cameron Diaz shares what inspired her acting comeback in Netflix’s ‘Back in Action’

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Published January 26, 2025 04:38 PM PHT

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