At the end of Back in Action, they open the door for a sequel. Emily (Diaz) and Matt (Foxx) are back in their suburban life. They are joined by Emily's mom, Ginny (Glenn Close), and her boyfriend, Nigel (Jamie Demetriou). However, they are recruited for another mission, which would require the enlisting of her father.

Cameron Diaz's recent remarks sparked a buzz about the next step the actress would be taking in her career. While discussing the Oscar-nominated film The Substance with her

It’s a really unexpected coincidence that the title and some of the themes and her character’s situation [as a retired spy turned mom] lined up with real life. It’s almost as if Back in Action was meant to coax her out of retirement, but I swear it wasn’t. It’s just extraordinary timing and really good fortune and Jamie’s access, frankly.

Like “Donnie Darko,” it mixes sci-fi and mysticism for an unsettling view of the world as a cosmic enigma that the main characters will never be able to understand or control. “The Box” is ostensibly based on author Richard Matheson’s 1970 short story “Button,

In 2018, the “Mask” star revealed in an interview that she was “semi-retired” before clarifying and calling herself “actually retired.”

Diaz, who received a reported $45 million from Netflix to star in two films, said that after 10 years the return to acting "made sense" for her family. On top of that, the "Shrek" actor said she wanted to embrace the privilege of getting to star in movies.

Casey Chong looks at Cameron Diaz’s best films as the star makes her return to the screen… It’s nice to see the long-missed Cameron Diaz ‘Back in Action‘ after an 11-year hiatus following her retirement from acting to raise her family.

She went on to star in movies like Being John Malkovich, Charlie’s Angels, Shrek, The Holiday and Gangs of New York, among many more. Diaz retired from acting after she starred in multiple movies in 2014 but makes her return this month in Netflix’s Back in Action.

Cameron Diaz lights up the screen in the new Netflix movie 'Back in Action,' but she has revealed that the cast faced dark times during filming.

Cameron Diaz has shared the scene in There’s Something About Mary that was so funny it convinced her to do the film after reading the script. While everyone might remember the 1998 romantic comedy for the notorious “hair gel” scene, it was a different moment that tickled Diaz.

The action-comedy overcame more than the usual amount of hurdles on the way to the screen, all the way up to its New York premiere being canceled in solidarity with the troubling times in Los Angeles.