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Cameron Diaz, 52, reveals the REAL reason behind her return to making movies after 10 year hiatus

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Cameron Diaz, 52, returned to acting for the first time in a decade to appear in the new action comedy Back in Action, which debuted on Netflix on Friday. But why did the actress come out of retirement?

Cameron Diaz is back in a blockbuster movie for the first time in a decade, and now she reveals why she came out of retirement for the movie Back in Action.

The actress, 52, who dazzled in white at the film’s London premiere, said the answer for her was simple.

It was co-star Jamie Foxx, 57.

‘I was 10 years old without paying attention to anything; “I didn’t accept any advances, and then I got this script and I thought maybe it was time,” the actress said Friday on The Graham Norton Show.

“If I was going to leave my family 10 hours a day, I wanted to do it with the most talented man in the entertainment business,” he explained.

“It’s a privilege to make movies and we’re all very lucky to do what we do,” he told the audience.

“For the door to be open for me after a decade was incredible. I loved those 10 years for myself and my family, but I thought, ‘If I let this go away, if I don’t get involved again and if I don’t give it a chance, I’m a fool.’ It may be the beginning of something, but it is here and I am grateful for it.”

Cameron Diaz, 52, returned to acting for the first time in a decade to appear in the new action comedy Back in Action, which debuted on Netflix on Friday. But why did the actress come out of retirement?

The veteran star has worked with Foxx twice before in 1999’s Any Given Sunday and 2014’s Annie.

The Charlie’s Angels star credited her husband of 10 years, Benji Madden, for supporting her decision.

Diaz, who shares daughter Raddix, 5, and son Cardinal, about 10 months, with the Good Charlotte rocker, said the musician told her: “You’ve been supporting us and building the family,” the actress explained. , adding that he had also supported his music career and business by promoting other artists.

“He says, ‘It’s time for us to support you and let mom come up and do her thing,'” she said at Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit, according to MY! News.

It’s up in the air whether another project he likes will come along, the There’s Something About Mary star said. Empire magazine in December 2024.

‘I don’t know how I see it. It’s hard to say,” he explained.

‘If I say it, then it becomes this. “I reserve the right to say no to making a movie ever again, and I reserve the right to say yes if I so decide,” declared the protagonist of Bad Teacher.

“I’m not defining anything,” she added, admitting, “I’m just open to whatever makes sense for me and my family at any given time.”

For the actress, the answer was simple: her co-star Jamie Foxx, 57.

For the actress, the answer was simple: her co-star Jamie Foxx, 57. “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,” he explained on The Graham Norton Show

Diaz and Foxx have been friends for about 25 years. The veteran star has worked with Foxx twice before in 1999's Any Given Sunday and 2014's Annie (pictured in Berlin on Wednesday).

Diaz and Foxx have been friends for about 25 years. The veteran star has worked with Foxx twice before in 1999’s Any Given Sunday and 2014’s Annie (pictured in Berlin on Wednesday).

The actress said she is not sure if she will take on more acting jobs. One thing is certain.

The actress said she is not sure if she will take on more acting jobs. One thing is certain. “No more romantic comedies, just mom comedies.” he told Empire (pictured in London on Wednesday)

One thing is certain. “No more romantic comedies, just mom comedies.” she said.

In Back in Action, Diaz and Foxx remain as former CIA agents whose lives are in danger with their identities exposed.

Reviews for the action/comedy, which debuted on Netflix on Friday, haven’t been as stellar. The thriller received a dismal 24 percent rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Daily Beast called it an “eye-rolling abomination,” while The Hollywood Reporter was less harsh, calling it “starry, frothy, cute, inoffensive.”

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