Available on Netflix, Back in Action is a massive American action film to kick off the year on the platform. Directed by Seth Gordon (How to Kill Your Boss?, Night Agent), this feature film should delight lovers of stunts and comedies.
Back in Action tells the story of Emily and Matt, ex-CIA agents who quit to start a family. Years later, they are caught in spite of themselves by espionage when their cover…
Cameron Diaz’s big comeback
And for this explosive and fun action film, Seth Gordon succeeded: bringing Cameron Diaz back to the set, despite the fact that he stopped his career 10 years ago.
His last film dates back to 2014 and it is Will Gluck’s musical Annie. But only in 2018, he officially announced that he would end his career.
And yet, the actress, known for her roles in Mary at any Price, Vanilla Sky, Gangs of New York, Charlie’s Angels, The Holiday and Shrek Saga, returns to the fore this year with a return to action, the title circumstance, which means “back to action” in French.
A reunion with Jamie Foxx
One of the main reasons for its return is Jamie Foxx! It was the actor, with whom he had already worked twice in Oliver Stone’s Sunday in Hell and Will Gluck’s Anne, who called and asked.
It must be said that Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx have been friends for 25 years, which is well explained in one of the teaser videos published on Netflix’s social networks.
In an interview with Empire, Cameron Diaz explained that he agreed to do the film for Jamie Foxx:
“I thought if I was going to go back and make a movie, the only person I would go back and do it with would be this man. Seriously. I had other opportunities along the way and I always said no. Don’t do it…”
And when Jamie asked, the answer was an immediate yes: “what asked Jamie Jamie? Oh, I can make a movie with Jamie!“
A taste of action
You needed the right role and the right story with the right partner. And Back in Action was perfect for Cameron Diaz, who often appears in action movies and who has prioritized her personal life and her motherly life over the years.
In Seth Gordon’s film, she plays Emily, a mother who has to return to work as an undercover CIA agent. The ingredients were there to get everything for the role.
Cameron Diaz performed almost all of his stunts and trained hard to master all of his action scenes, as Seth Gordon explained on the film’s press kit:
“He did all the hard work to prepare the stunts and many hours training that requires it. All the action, almost everything, is his, except for those times He jumps off a boat on the Thames or whatever it really was dangerous He did everything differently! “
And a nice coup for Netflix
The right playing partner, the right project and the right scrutiny were all it took to bring Cameron Diaz out of retirement. a few months ago Bloomberg revealed that Netflix had signed the actor to a $45 million deal to star in two movies.
However, this impressive sum was not necessarily what Scott Stuber, the former head of feature films who has since been fired, was willing to pay. But for Cameron Diaz, this exclusivity offer to the streaming giant came with a condition.
We don’t have any more information about the second feature film of the contract and if it is still relevant, because at the moment Cameron Diaz is “Reserves the right to reject the idea of ​​remaking the film” like him “Reserves the right to say yes if you decide”.
“I don’t define anything”He explains to the Empire, “I’m just open to whatever makes sense for me and my family at any given time.”. And Cameron Diaz set the rule for himself: “No romantic comedies, just mom comedies”.
The movie “Back in Action” is available on Netflix.
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