Cameron Diaz She's ready to revisit the role that made her famous.
the Back to work The 52-year-old star said she is ready to reprise her breakout role as Tina Carlyle in a sequel to The maskbut only if it's the main actor Jim Carrey He's back.
“If Jim was on board… I mean I was riding those coattails from day one,” Diaz said. Access Hollywood In a recent interview.
Curry, for his part, talked about 30 years of The mask And whether he was interested in a sequel while promoting the film last year Sonic the Hedgehog 3. “Oh my God, you know, it has to be the right idea. I think if someone has the right idea,” Curry, 63, said. ComicBook.com In December 2024. “It's not really about the money. I joke about the money…but I never know. You can't be specific about these things. I said I wanted to retire, but I think I was talking more about a power break. Because once a good idea comes your way, or a group of people that you really enjoyed working with and things like that, things tend to change.
Diaz got her big break in Hollywood in the original maskplays nightclub singer Tina opposite Carrie's Stanley Ipkiss, who discovers a magical mask that turns him into a green-faced villainous hero.
The actress continued her role in The mask With blockbuster movies like There's something about Mary, My best friend's wedding and Charlie's AngelsMaking her one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Diaz quietly stopped acting in 2014 after starring in the lead role that I But now she is back on the big screen opposite her that I com. costar Jamie Foxx On Netflix Back to work. The actress recently shared how much she loved her time off from acting.
“Oh my God, I loved it. It's been the best 10 years of my life,” Diaz said on the Friday, January 17, episode of “It's Been the Best 10 Years of My Life.” The Graham Norton Show. “I had the freedom to just say: I'm a mother, I'm a wife, and I'm living my life.”
Diaz went on to say that stepping away from acting “made sense for her family” at the time, as she and husband Benji MaddenWho she married in 2015, and has two children: daughter Radix, born in 2019, and son Cardinal, born in 2024. Diaz added that after a while, “people stopped asking her” to take on new roles. “It was so beautiful,” she said.
Cameron Diaz has reached her breaking point. When Annie arrived in theaters in 2014, it marked her 38th film in 20 years. “It's very difficult to work at that level and be public and put yourself out there,” she told friend Gwyneth Paltrow during a 2020 Goop interview. “There is a lot of energy coming in (…)
But now vacation The star is ready to return to the spotlight.
“It's such an honor to do this,” she told the host. Graham Norton About acting. “I said to myself, 'If I put this aside, all this goodwill, all this I've been able to build over so much time, and the passion I have to entertain people and make films that (make) people smile and smile,'” he said. They're laughing and having a good time, and they're sitting in the theater or they're sitting at home and it affects them — if I don't take part in that again and give that a chance and participate in it and be grateful for that, then I'd be a fool as well.”
