Why did Cameron Diaz quit acting?
nme.comCameron Diaz is back on screens in new action thriller Back In Action, but why did she retire from acting in the first place?
Read on for the full story.The new film sees her starring opposite Jamie Foxx, with the two playing a pair of former CIA spies who are brought back into service when their identities are exposed.The film, directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, Baywatch) and based on a screenplay by Gordon and Brendan O’Brien, is streaming on Netflix as of January 17.
See the trailer below.Glenn Close plays Diaz’s character’s mother, while Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott and Jamie Demetriou also star.Until Back In Action, Diaz’s last film was the 2014 version of Annie, in which she played Miss Hannigan.
She did not make any formal announcement at the time, but it would be an 11 year wait until she appeared again on the big screen.Before that, she had been known as one of Hollywood’s most bankable A-list stars, from her breakthrough in 1994’s The Mask to the box office successes of There’s Something About Mary (1998), Charlie’s Angels (2000) and its sequel and the Shrek franchise.
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