Jamie Foxx was Cameron Diaz’s “greatest cheerleader” on the set of Again in Motion.
In response to director Seth Gordon, Foxx, 57, was a significant supporter of Diaz, 52, throughout her return to performing with Netflix’s Again in Motion, her first movie in over a decade. “Anybody who was on set will inform you he was the most important cheerleader and hype man for her, and actually for everyone concerned, however particularly for her,” Gordon, 48, instructed Folks in an interview printed on Saturday, January 18.
Gordon additionally addressed Foxx’s medical emergency in April 2023, which interrupted filming on the Netflix venture, noting that Diaz was in a position to “spiritually” assist her costar when he returned to set.
“She obtained to return the favor in that method spiritually,” Gordon instructed the outlet. “It was a really uncommon scenario to navigate, however it makes a giant distinction after they have this previous friendship, and it’s coming from such an excellent place.”
Cameron Diaz is shutting down the “loopy” rumors that she and Jamie Foxx had an ongoing feud on the set of Again In Motion. “I actually hate all the issues that had been being mentioned about our set on the time … You simply wish to scream on the high of your lungs, like, ‘What […]
Each Foxx and Diaz have labored collectively beforehand, starring collectively in 2014’s Annie — Diaz’s final movie earlier than Again in Motion. They first shared the display in Any Given Sunday in 1999.
Diaz, nonetheless, took a step again from performing in 2018 to deal with her household. She and husband Benji Madden, whom she wed in 2015, welcomed daughter Raddix in 2019 and son Cardinal in 2024. A supply instructed Us Weekly earlier this month that Diaz’s choice to behave once more “developed over time,” including, “It wasn’t sudden.”
“Solely you would get me again in motion,” Diaz wrote of Foxx through Instagram in June 2022 when their new movie was first introduced. One other supply instructed Us that whereas filming Again in Motion, Foxx and Diaz had been “continuously laughing on set,” noting they share the same humorousness “and their chemistry is unmatched.”
In an August 2022 interview with Leisure Tonight, Foxx shared that he had promised Diaz they might have enjoyable on set, which finally satisfied her to come back again to performing.
Cameron Diaz slayed in her long-awaited purple carpet return. Diaz, 52, walked the purple carpet for the Wednesday, January 15, Berlin premiere of her new movie Again in Motion. The actress surprised in an all-black ensemble. The outfit included a black shirt with sheer protection throughout the highest of her torso. Diaz paired the highest […]
“So it was actually, ‘Do you wanna have some enjoyable? Simply have some enjoyable!’ And I feel that’s what introduced her to it,” he mentioned on the time. “We miss particular moments generally in our enterprise, and I feel it is a particular second. So we’re so completely happy that it’s taking place and searching ahead to it.”
Regardless of the enjoyable she and Foxx had on the Again in Motion set, the actress mentioned in a December 2024 interview with Empire that it was “onerous to say” whether or not she’d do one other film after. “I reserve the suitable to say no to doing a film ever once more, and I reserve the suitable to say sure if I resolve to,” she mentioned.
Again in Motion is now streaming on Netflix.
