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Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz? There’s never been beef there! On Friday, the star pair joked about their supposed rift on the set of Any Given Sunday back in 1999 as they promoted their new Netflix film together, Back in Action.
“Back in action! Back in action! Satisfaction! We’re back in action,” Foxx sings from behind the piano in a new clip shared on social media. “People don’t even realize how long we’ve been friends.”
“True. Since we were in Any Given Sunday together, which was in 1999!” responds Diaz in tune.
“Back in action, and we’ve been friends since before Apple started making the iPod and now they make the iPhone and not the iPod,” Foxx responds about all the time that’s passed since their first film together. The comedian then jokes about other unlikely duos like Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, as Diaz lists how she “made four Shrek movies” since then. (There’s another Shrek film coming soon too.)
“Yes! Love that,” Foxx continues. “We also did Annie together. And we lived through so much. We lived through Keyboard Cat, Pizza Rat, NFTs, DVDs, Corn Kid, Bean Dad, Salt Bae, Left Shark, Pink Sauce, Grimace Shake, and ‘The Dress.’” (Is this the intro to Fairly Odd Parents?)
“Oh yeah, which was white and gold,” Diaz jokes. “And now we’re back together for another movie, and I am just so excited.”
Back in Action marks Diaz’s first role since 2014’sAnnie, which drops on Netflix on Jan. 17. The film is a spy comedy and follows the pair as married, inactive CIA operatives who are drawn back in for a new mission along with their kids.
Production for Back in Action was delayed in April when Foxx washospitalized with a medical condition, an incident that the actor detailed at length in Netflix comedy specialWhat Had Happened Was…
