Jamie Foxx Was Cameron Diaz’s ‘Largest Cheerleader’ for New Movie: Director (Unique)

Jamie Foxx will all the time be in Cameron Diaz‘s nook.

Foxx, 57, served as a giant supporter for Diaz, 52, when she made her triumphant return to appearing along with her first film in additional than a decade, Again in Motion, in response to the movie’s director, Seth Gordon.

“Anybody who was on set will let you know he was the most important cheerleader and hype man for her, and actually for everyone concerned, however particularly for her,” Gordon, 48, tells PEOPLE solely of Foxx and Diaz.

The filmmaker provides that Diaz later supported Foxx all through his return after the actor had a medical emergency in April 2023, which interrupted filming for a time frame.

“She obtained to return the favor in that method spiritually,” Gordon says. “It was a really uncommon state of affairs to navigate, but it surely makes a giant distinction once they have this previous friendship, and it is coming from such a superb place.”

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Foxx and Diaz beforehand starred collectively in 2014’s Annie — the actress’ final movie earlier than Again in Motion.

The duo first shared the display in 1999’s Any Given Sunday, which follows a fictional skilled soccer staff.

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Again in Motion stars Foxx and Diaz as former CIA spies Matt and Emily, “Years after giving up life as CIA spies to begin a household, Emily and Matt discover themselves dragged again into the world of espionage when their cowl is blown,” an official synopsis explains.

Others within the forged of the Netflix movie embrace Glenn Shut, Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson and Jamie Demetriou.

Diaz — who’s subsequent anticipated to return alongside Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy for Shrek 5 in 2026 — beforehand introduced her return to appearing in June 2022.

A supply near the star instructed PEOPLE on the time that she felt “a bit rusty and nervous,” however “principally excited,” about her comeback. They added that her husband Benji Madden “inspired her to unretire.”

Foxx later instructed Leisure Tonight that he satisfied Diaz to come back to set by promising her that they’d have enjoyable. “So it was actually, ‘Do you wanna have some enjoyable? Simply have some enjoyable!’ And I believe that is what introduced her to it,” he defined. “We miss particular moments generally in our enterprise, and I believe it is a particular second. So we’re so blissful that it is occurring and looking out ahead to it.” 

In an interview printed by Empire on Dec. 13, Diaz revealed that it’s “exhausting to say” if she’ll return for one more film after Again in Motion, stating, “I reserve the precise to say no to doing a film ever once more, and I reserve the precise to say sure if I resolve to.”

Again in Motion is presently out there to stream on Netflix.