‘Cameron Diaz shares her perspective on the alarming incident involving Jamie Foxx’s stroke’

Cameron Diaz is speaking out about her “Back in Action” co-star, Jamie Foxx, having a stroke while making the film.

In a recent interview to promote the new Netflix movie, the actors opened up about Foxx’s stroke, revealing that Diaz found the news “terrifying” for all those who hold affection for the “Ray” star.

“Back in Action” with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz is currently available on Netflix.

Diaz and Foxx sat down for an interview with Extra that dropped on Jan. 16, where the “Back in Action” star shared her feelings about Foxx’s stroke.

While in Atlanta filming scenes for the film, Foxx suddenly experienced a severe headache and collapsed. Subsequently, he discovered he had suffered a brain bleed that resulted in a stroke, leading to a 20-day coma following emergency surgery. The 57-year-old had to go through the process of learning to walk again at a rehabilitation facility in Chicago.

The close bond between Diaz and Foxx, spanning 25 years of friendship, has seen them co-starring in two other films together – “Any Given Sunday” in 1999 and the 2014 remake of “Annie.”

Diaz said that Foxx was brave for sharing the details of his stroke in his Netflix special, “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…”

“For every person who knows Jamie, like, it, it, it was terrifying,” said Diaz. “For everybody who loves Jamie, the world, like, everybody was concerned… I can’t even imagine how he feels. I’m so proud of him, how brave he was to do his show, to let us all know. But you know, it’s hard. You walk up to him and he’s like, ‘Everybody cries!'”

Diaz had been retired from acting for 10 years before “Back in Action,” and the actress credited Foxx for bringing her out of retirement.”To be privileged enough to still be able to come back and do a movie after 10 years, you know, to get to make movies still and do it at this level and to make something this entertaining and fun for everyone, that was, you know, to me, I felt really honored to be able to do and do it with Jamie,” she said.

The “Charlie’s Angeles” actress is raising two children with her husband, musician Benji Madden, and as previously reported byThe Blast, Diaz credited Foxx as the “only person” who could’ve gotten her to another movie. 

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

Foxx shared that in order to get Diaz to agree to the film, he was “humble” and promised her that she’d have “fun” making “Back in Action.”

“Listen, we were very humble in our ask,” recalled Foxx. “We were very respectful in our ask. There was a couple of promises. I was like, ‘I don’t want your feet to touch the ground. I want this to be fun thing for you to do.'”

Diaz added that she did indeed have fun making the film and noted that Foxx upheld his promises.

“But even with that promise, which he upheld, he did take such good care of me,” said Diaz. “It was really about the fact that I knew that if I was going to leave 10 hours a day, leave my family, that I was gonna get, you know, to do the work with, you know, the most talented man in showbiz. Professional, a fantastic partner. I knew that it was gonna be worth my while to go no matter what and that we’re going to have fun.”

“Back in Action” premiered on Netflix today, and Foxx and Diaz play a married couple who are former spies for the CIA in the film.

The couple is forced back into the world of espionage after their cover is blown, and the duo has to explain their old life to their children after confronting some bad guys at a gas station.

“Years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily (Cameron Diaz) and Matt (Jamie Foxx) find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown,” read a Netflix promo.

“Back in Action” is currently streaming on Netflix.