Jamie Foxx on set for the first time since Health Scare
Jamie Foxx returned to the set for the first time since his health problems.
Foxx, 56, was spotted in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, January 21, on the set of his upcoming film with Cameron Diaz. The pair star in the Netflix action comedy Back in action.
Jamie's daughter, Corine Foxx, publicly announced that her father was hospitalized in early April 2023 while filming in Atlanta. He was released from hospital the following month.
The Django unleashed actor made his first public appearance following the health crisis in December 2023 when he accepted the Vanguard Award at the Critics Choice Association Celebration of Cinema & Television: Honoring Black, Latino and AAPI Achievements event in Los Angeles.
“I want to thank everyone. “I went through something, I went through some things,” he said at the time. “It's crazy, I couldn't do it [walk on stage] Six months ago. I couldn't actually walk.”
While Diaz, 51, acknowledged in December 2023 that there were “hiccups” during filming Back in actionshe noted that they were all “natural” incidents.
“Nothing was postponed, except obviously towards the end,” she said on the “Lipstick on the Rim” podcast, referring to Jamie's health scare. “And that's something I shouldn't talk about.”
Elsewhere in the podcast episode, Diaz shut down the “crazy rumors” that the costars had an ongoing feud on set.
“I really hate all the things that were said about our set at the time,” Diaz said. “You just want to scream at the top of your lungs, like, 'What are you talking about?'”
A versatile star! Jamie Foxx got his start in sketch comedy before becoming an Oscar-winning actor. Foxx began playing piano at a young age and subsequently performed and led the choir at New Hope Baptist Church in his hometown of Terrell, Texas. As a teenager, he excelled in basketball and football before making his choice […]
Diaz went on to say that she had heard rumors that Jamie “made everything miserable and that I would never make another movie because of him.”
The actress, who had put her career on hold in 2014 to focus on her family life with husband Benji Madden and starting an organic wine company, clarified that “everyone loves Jamie,” adding that he is the “cheerleader” on set.
“When I see and hear people trying to put someone else down in that way… [Jamie is] so stylish. He says, 'No. Leave them alone [talk],” Diaz said, explaining that the situation “really made me angry.”
The pair had also previously shared the screen in 1999 On any Sunday and in the 2014 film adaptation Annie.
“We have so much fun with him on set, and he's just a professional on every level,” Diaz said. “Jamie is the best. I love that guy so much. He's such a special person and he's so talented, so fun.”