Production on Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx’s upcoming Netflix movie sure sounds messy
An alleged scam attempt on Jamie Foxx may be one of many reasons Cameron Diaz goes back into retirement after Back In Action
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Cameron Diaz’s highly anticipated new film Back In Action has hit a serious snag, according to new tabloid reports. Diaz was coaxed out of retirement by Netflix and Jamie Foxx, with whom she previously starred in Any Given Sunday and Annie (her last movie pre-retirement). Unfortunately, it seems like Foxx might also be the one to send her back into retirement, as sources say Back In Action has been plagued by chaos stemming at least partially from Foxx himself.
An insider speaking with The Sun said that some of the film’s delays are due to run-of-the-mill issues like the weather, but Foxx was at the center of a larger drama that supposedly triggered an investigation on the set. The source claims a crew member was fired after “someone tried to get access to £33,000 in cash from Jamie Foxx.” (That’s about $35k in U.S. currency.) Police were reportedly contacted after it was discovered that “the same staffer may have been linked to similar attempts to extract large sums of cash from wealthy stars in the past.” (Netflix did not immediately respond to The A.V. Club’s request for comment.) Another Sun report alleges Foxx had “a major meltdown” on set which led to him firing “an executive producer, an assistant director and a unit director” as well as his own driver.
All the drama has possibly made Diaz regret her decision to return to Hollywood. “She hates drama and confrontation. This is why she retired in the first place,” says a Sun source. An insider for The Daily Mail has a more mundane reason for Diaz’s likely re-retirement: She’d just rather be at home with her kid. “Although she has gotten to see her family while shooting the film, it is just not the same,” the source says, adding that Diaz and Foxx are “still very close” despite the alleged bizarre goings-on behind the scenes.
Back In Action is directed and co-written by Seth Gordon, with a buzzy cast that includes Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson, Kyle Chandler and Glenn Close. It’s the latest in a string of collaborations between Foxx and Netflix, following Project Power, Day Shift, the upcoming They Cloned Tyrone, and Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!, his first sitcom since The Jamie Foxx Show. The Oscar winner clearly has a solid working relationship with the streamer; we’ll see if that remains true after the alleged “nightmare” of Back In Action.
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Diaz strikes me as someone who busted her ass & starred in as many movies as possible for the better part of two decades, squirrelled away several million dollars & peaced out while she was still young enough to enjoy it. I don’t blame her one bit & sure don’t blame her for wanting to get back out. She sounds like she has her priorities in order, and kudos to her for it.
£33,000 in cash from Jamie Foxx.” (That’s about $35k in U.S. currency.)That’s a sad comment on the state of the UK economy. When I was a kid £33,000 would have been over $40k, I’m sure. Maybe even up to $45k.
In 2007 the pound was worth twice the dollar. It slowly tanked since the Tories destroyed the economy post 2008-9 financial crash, and has occasionally been at parity recently.
Late-1800s/early 1900s (so, at the height of the British empire), the exchange rate was super-strong, something like $4-5 to the £. (Reading The Secret Garden and A Little Princess, I finally asked my parents how much shillings and pounds were.)
True, but I think that’s not quite a direct comparison. The Brits did a major overhaul of their currency (just after WWII, I think) and a pound after that was not quite the same as a pound before.
I had a similar experience to yours while reading The Maltese Falcon a long time ago, wherein a pound is valued at close to ten American dollars.
£33,000 is over $40K.
£33k is currently around $40k. Whoever wrote this article is terrible at math – or Googling.
At today’s exchange rates, it’s about $40,600. The £ is weaker than what it once was, but has strengthened a bit since the autumn.
Wow for a second there I thought Cameron Diaz was trying to scam Jamie Foxx.
Did you go out of your way to pick out the very worst pictures of those two or what?
If the pictures weren’t suitable they wouldn’t have been the first results on Getty. Scrolling down is for amateurs.
Jamie Foxx sure sounds like a POS. He was notoriously diva like when working for Michael Mann on Miami Vice. Yet he didn’t behave that way around Tom Cruise, because TC was the far bigger star.
Yes coworkers suck, I get it, Cameron Diaz. Welcome to the workforce
The Sun is just a source now. Got it.
When the sources are the daily mail and the sun, I sincerely doubt any story.
Journalism……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..The A.V Club…The Daily Mail.