The Incredible Amount Of Money Netflix Reportedly Paid To Lure Cameron Diaz Out Of Retirement

Hollywood's beloved star Cameron Diaz vanished from the spotlight in 2014, traded red carpets for family life, and now she's spilling all the details.

In 2018, the “Mask” star revealed in an interview that she was “semi-retired” before clarifying and calling herself “actually retired.”

It’s a really unexpected coincidence that the title and some of the themes and her character’s situation [as a retired spy turned mom] lined up with real life. It’s almost as if Back in Action was meant to coax her out of retirement, but I swear it wasn’t. It’s just extraordinary timing and really good fortune and Jamie’s access, frankly.

At the end of Back in Action, they open the door for a sequel. Emily (Diaz) and Matt (Foxx) are back in their suburban life. They are joined by Emily's mom, Ginny (Glenn Close), and her boyfriend, Nigel (Jamie Demetriou). However, they are recruited for another mission, which would require the enlisting of her father.

Cameron Diaz says that having kids gave her a 'different perspective' on being an actor, saying that there's a 'lot more happening in my world.' The actress, who's mom to daughter Raddix, 5, and son Cardinal,

Diaz, who received a reported $45 million from Netflix to star in two films, said that after 10 years the return to acting "made sense" for her family. On top of that, the "Shrek" actor said she wanted to embrace the privilege of getting to star in movies.

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She went on to star in movies like Being John Malkovich, Charlie’s Angels, Shrek, The Holiday and Gangs of New York, among many more. Diaz retired from acting after she starred in multiple movies in 2014 but makes her return this month in Netflix’s Back in Action.

Cameron Diaz lights up the screen in the new Netflix movie 'Back in Action,' but she has revealed that the cast faced dark times during filming.

"Back in Action" Cameron Diaz is literally back in action as she returns from a 10-year acting retirement for this new Netflix film. Diaz and Jamie Foxx, who previously worked together on 1999's "Any Given Sunday" and 2014's "Annie," star as former CIA ...