Cameron Diaz recalls experiencing ‘layers of inappropriateness’ on sets: ‘It wasn’t just the higher-ups’

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stepped away from acting in 2014. The “Back in Action” star, 52, opened up about the lack of “safety” and “security” she felt earlier in her career during an interview with Netflix’s “Skip Intro” podcast published Jan.

17.“The level of security and safety you feel as a woman now on set is — I had never felt that before this film,” Diaz told host Krista Smith.“The industry is so different.

I mean, I definitely have to say that the #MeToo movement changed everything. It’s palpable.”The “Charlie’s Angels” actress added, “You walk onto the set and it is different.”“It wasn’t just the higher-ups, you know what I mean?

There was always just, like, that one guy, you know, on set that you were always going, ‘Oh God, here he comes again.'”Diaz continued, “There was always layers and layers of inappropriateness” that women had to laugh off and endure. “Some people you have to be forceful with and put up the boundaries.