Cameron Diaz on Return to Hollywood, No More Rom-Coms

Cameron Diaz doesn’t want to put a label on her return to Hollywood.

The actress who has just made her comeback on the screen with Netflix Back in action after a 10-year hiatus, recently shared with Empire magazine if it means she’s back for good.

“I don’t know how I look at it. It’s hard to say,” she explained. “If I say it, it’s going to be this thing. I reserve the right to say no to making a film ever again, and I reserve the right to say yes if I decide to. I don’t define anything. I’m just open to what makes sense for me and my family at any given time.”

The Charlie’s Angels the star, who appeared in several rom-coms in the late ’90s and 2000s, also clarified which movie genre she wouldn’t necessarily revisit. “No more rom-coms, just mom-coms,” she added.

Diaz is best known for some of his iconic roles in rom-coms such as The holiday, My best friend’s wedding, The other woman, What’s happening in Vegas and In her shoes. However, her new film Back in action is an action comedy, also starring Jamie Foxx.

The film follows former CIA spies Emily (Diaz) and Matt (Foxx), who are drawn back into espionage after their secret identities are revealed. The film also served as a reunion for the two actors, who previously starred together in the 1999s Any given Sunday and the 2014s Annie (which was also Daiz’s last on-screen role before her hiatus).

“I thought if I was going to go back and make a movie, the only person I would come back and do it with would be this guy,” she said of Foxx. “Seriously. I had other options along the way and I always said, ‘No. I’m not doing it, I told you… What? Jamie asked? Jamie? Oh, I can make a movie with Jamie!'”

In the past decade, Diaz welcomed two children, daughter Raddix and son Cardinal, with her husband, Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden. She also launched the pure wine brand Avaline with partner Katherine Power in 2020.

Back in action drops on Netflix Friday.