"Back To Action" .. A new movie by Hollywood star Cameron Diaz
Years after announcing her retirement from acting, Cameron Diaz decided to return to the big screen in the upcoming action comedy "Back To Action", to meet again with actor Jamie Foxx in his fifth movie for Netflix.
The film is directed by Seth Gordon, and the screenplay was written by Brendan O'Brien, and although an official release date has not been announced, it is expected to be released later this year.
Netflix allocated a large budget for the film, and Cameron Diaz fans rejoiced in her return, but many reports indicate that there are many problems related to the film, as Fox stopped filming in London and fired 4 employees, according to the British newspaper “The Sun”.
The newspaper reported on what it said was a plot that led to an attempt to steal £33,000 from Fox in an elaborate scam, so production of the film was halted for a while in order to investigate the matter.
The four people Fox fired were his chauffeur, executive producer, assistant director, and unit manager. After the Netflix team contacted the police, they learned that the same employee who tried to defraud Fox had previously been accused of similar attempts to obtain large sums of money from many wealthy stars.
Cameron Diaz comeback after retirement
After her distinguished role in the movie "The Mask" with actor Jim Carrey, Diaz became one of the biggest Hollywood stars, and continued to shine in subsequent roles through which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award 4 times, and she also won the Best Actress Award from the Film Critics Association in New York for her role in There's Something About Mary, plus 3 SAG Award nominations for Gangs Of New York and Vanilla Sky ) and Being John Malkovich.
Jamie Foxx persuaded Diaz to return to acting through the movie "Back to Action" after a 9-year hiatus from her movie "Annie", in which she played Miss Hannigan with Jamie Foxx.
However, the problems and turmoil that occurred on the site of the film prompted Cameron Diaz to consider giving up acting again, because she hates conflicts and dramatic confrontations, and this is the reason for her retirement in the first place.
Diaz explained the reasons for her old decision to retire and retreat during her successful career, and said that at that time she gained spiritual peace and was able to take care of herself, because it is difficult to work on a spiritual level when you are a public figure.
Other works by Cameron Diaz
Before becoming an actress, Diaz worked as a model for Calvin Klein, and appeared in Coca-Cola ads. While she was still in high school in Los Angeles, she signed a contract with Elite magazine, and then appeared on the cover of Seventeen. In the July 1990 issue.
Diaz said that these jobs were lucrative for her as a teenager, and that with the money she earned, she was able to move to Paris, and she stayed there for a whole year and did not work a single day.
With the encouragement of her agent, and after 5 years of her work as a model, Diaz passed the mask movie tests in 1994, and although she had no previous acting credits, she got the role and the movie became one of the top 10 films that achieved the highest profit at the box office that year, as it achieved 350 million. dollars, according to Forbes, against a production budget of $23 million.
Over the next few years, Diaz became a sought-after Hollywood star, and by 1998 she starred in There's Something About Mary for $2 million and was nominated for her first Golden Globe.
New retirement after return
Although "Back In Action" is her new movie after years of retirement, it may become her last movie before retiring again, as the long working hours, which may reach 10 hours, are exhausting for her, and she hates being away from her daughter and her duty as a mother more than anything else. In the world.
Source: Al Jazeera + websites
