“She last starred in the 2014 movie Annie before taking a step back from acting to focus on her family and business ventures. ”, — write: www.dailymail.co.uk
But Cameron Diaz, 52, is returning to screens to star in Netflix’s new movie Back In Action as part of an allstar cast alongside Glenn Close, 77, and Jamie Foxx, 57, with a thrilling trailer released on Wednesday.
The Netflix movie, which is set for release on January 17, follows Emily (Cameron) and Matt (Jamie), two former CIA agents who have given up their life of espionage and action in order to settle down, start a family, and live a normal life.
However, things don’t go so smoothly for them as their identities become compromised and they are forced to fight and run in order to protect those closest to them.
The trailer kicks off with Emily and Matt driving towards a restaurant with their children, however, they make a quick pit stop at a petrol station. As Jamie exits his car, a group of strangers surround him and his wife Emily and begin to attack them out of nowhere.
While they’re able to defend themselves, their secret identities are revealed to their children and now they must figure out what threat there is to their family.
The new action comedy, directed by Seth Gordon, 48, serves as a comeback for both Jamie and Cameron as Jamie suffered a stroke in 2023 and Cameron quit acting for family reasons in 2014.
Previously Cameron told Empire she returned to acting purely to work with Jamie again following Any Given Sunday and Annie.
She said: ‘I thought that if I was going to come back and do a movie, the only person I’d come back and do it with would be this guy (Foxx).’
‘Seriously. I had other opportunities along the way and I was always saying “No. I’m not doing it, I’ve told you… What? Jamie asked? Jamie? Oh, I can do a movie with Jamie!”‘
The cast list for the film also includes Kyle Chandler, Glenn, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, Jamie Demetriou, and Rylan Jackson.
The 52-year-old officially retired from her Hollywood career in 2018, before being lured back by her close friend Jamie to star alongside him in the action comedy.
But her comeback project was thrown into turmoil in 2023 when it was reported that Jamie ‘had an absolute meltdown’ on the UK set of the movie, which led to the firing of three people.
And in March 2023, a source close to the star revealed that – while Cameron didn’t have any issues with Jamie – she likely won’t return to the world of film after this movie, because she’s had a hard time being away from her family and hates the ‘drama and confrontation’ that so often erupts on movie sets.
Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com the source said: ‘These back-to-back 10-hour workdays have been a lot on her and she hates being away from Raddix.’
They added: ‘Cameron loves being a mom more than anything in the world.’
‘She hates drama and confrontation. This is why she retired from the business in the first place,’
‘She has already proven herself in the industry and has nothing left to prove to anyone.’
Cameron famously walked away from Hollywood in 2018 to spend more time with her rocker husband Benji, Madden 45.
The two welcomed their daughter in December 2019 and have been incredibly private about their lives as parents to their three-year-old.