Despite reports to the contrary, Cameron Diaz says she “had a blast” working with Jamie Foxx on “Back in Action,” her first film in ten years.
“I really hate all of the things that were being said about our set,” Diaz said on Tuesday’s episode of the “Lipstick on the Rim” podcast, later adding it made her want to “scream at the top of your lungs, like, ‘What are you talking about?’”
Diaz described Foxx as “the cheerleader for the entire crew,” saying the set for the Netflix film was fantastic and that he was a “professional on every level.”
“The hiccups that occurred during production are the natural kinds of things that happen,” she explained.
She addressed “everything that was said about our set up until” Foxx was hospitalized in April, a topic she was careful not to elaborate on other than to say the Oscar winner is doing well now.
Addressing the “crazy stuff” she heard about the set, like how Foxx “was making everything miserable and how I was never going to make another movie again because of him,” Diaz said “it really made me angry.”
She continued, saying that when she tried to convince Foxx to “say something about it,” he acted “so classy” and told her to “let them say it – we know the truth.”
Diaz and Foxx previously starred in 2014’s “Annie,” her last film prior to her retirement, as well as in 1999’s “Any Given Sunday,” and said on Tuesday that the “only reason” she came back for “Back in Action” was because she’d be working with Foxx.
The “There’s Something About Mary” star also said that coming back to acting after 10 years “was like riding a bike.”
“Back in Action” is an action comedy starring Diaz, Foxx, Kyle Chandler, and Glen Close that will be available on Netflix in 2024.
