Cameron Diaz Speaks On 'Terrifying' Jamie Foxx Illness
Cameron Diaz shared her thoughts about Jamie Foxx and the stroke he suffered back in 2023, calling the ordeal, "terrifying."
Cameron Diaz is speaking out about her "Back in Action" co-star, Jamie Foxx, having a stroke while making the film.
The actors sat down for a recent interview to promote the new Netflix movie, and Diaz shared that learning of Foxx's stroke "was terrifying" for everyone who loves the "Ray" star.
"Back in Action" with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz is currently available on Netflix.
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Cameron Diaz Says Jamie Foxx Having A Stroke Was 'Terrifying'Diaz and Foxx sat down for an interview with Extra that dropped on Jan. 16, where the "Back in Action" star shared her feelings about Foxx's stroke.
Foxx was in Atlanta to film scenes from the film when he suddenly got a headache and passed out. He later learned that he'd suffered from a brain bleed that led to a stroke, and the "Blame It" singer spent 20 days in a coma after having emergency surgery. The 57-year-old also had to learn how to walk again at a rehabilitation center in Chicago.
Diaz and Foxx have been friends for 25 years and have starred in two other films together — "Any Given Sunday" in 1999 and the 2014 remake of "Annie."
Diaz said that Foxx was brave for sharing the details of his stroke in his Netflix special, "Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was..."
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"For every person who knows Jamie, like, it, it, it was terrifying," said Diaz. "For everybody who loves Jamie, the world, like, everybody was concerned… I can't even imagine how he feels. I'm so proud of him, how brave he was to do his show, to let us all know. But you know, it’s hard. You walk up to him and he’s like, 'Everybody cries!'"
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Diaz Says She Was 'Honored' To Work With FoxxDiaz had been retired from acting for 10 years before "Back in Action," and the actress credited Foxx for bringing her out of retirement."To be privileged enough to still be able to come back and do a movie after 10 years, you know, to get to make movies still and do it at this level and to make something this entertaining and fun for everyone, that was, you know, to me, I felt really honored to be able to do and do it with Jamie," she said.
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Diaz Says Foxx Was The 'Only Person' She'd Do Another Movie WithThe "Charlie's Angeles" actress is raising two children with her husband, musician Benji Madden, and as previously reported byThe Blast, Diaz credited Foxx as the "only person" who could've gotten her to another movie.Â
"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," said Diaz. "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!'"
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Foxx Promised Diaz They'd Have Fun Making 'Back In Action'Foxx shared that in order to get Diaz to agree to the film, he was "humble" and promised her that she'd have "fun" making "Back in Action."
"Listen, we were very humble in our ask," recalled Foxx. "We were very respectful in our ask. There was a couple of promises. I was like, 'I don’t want your feet to touch the ground. I want this to be fun thing for you to do.'"
Diaz added that she did indeed have fun making the film and noted that Foxx upheld his promises.
“But even with that promise, which he upheld, he did take such good care of me," said Diaz. "It was really about the fact that I knew that if I was going to leave 10 hours a day, leave my family, that I was gonna get, you know, to do the work with, you know, the most talented man in showbiz. Professional, a fantastic partner. I knew that it was gonna be worth my while to go no matter what and that we’re going to have fun."
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'Back in Action' Is Available On Netflix"Back in Action" premiered on Netflix today, and Foxx and Diaz play a married couple who are former spies for the CIA in the film.
The couple is forced back into the world of espionage after their cover is blown, and the duo has to explain their old life to their children after confronting some bad guys at a gas station.
"Years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily (Cameron Diaz) and Matt (Jamie Foxx) find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown," read a Netflix promo.
"Back in Action" is currently streaming on Netflix.
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