Cameron Diaz is sport for a sequel to “The Mask” — however doesn’t need to carry it herself.
Diaz is at present basking in a little bit of a profession renaissance after greater than a decade away from Hollywood. Whereas selling her new aptly-titled movie, “Back in Action,” appeared prepared to reprise the position that made her well-known in 1994 — however solely beneath one situation.
When knowledgeable throughout an Entry Hollywood interview Friday that Jim Carrey stated he was open to a “Mask” sequel, and requested if Diaz would return as her character, Tina Carlyle, she excitedly replied: “Oh my God, did he say that? I mean, if Jim’s on board.”
“I’ve been riding those coattails from day one,” Diaz added.
The blockbuster marked Diaz’s first main film position, offering her with an iconic entrance in-character that served a real-life springboard for a decades-long profession to return.
She’s since discovered her “Back in Action” co-star Jamie Foxx to be her greatest cheerleader.
In a ComicBook.com interview in December, Carrey indicated he may be up for a sequel: “Oh gosh, you know, it has to be the right idea. If somebody had the right idea, I guess.”
However he additionally famous that he introduced his retirement in 2022 — solely to return for a 3rd “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie after a profitable provide he couldn’t refuse.
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“It’s not really about the money,” he went on. “I joke about the money. … But I never know. You can’t be definite about these things. I said I’d like to retire, but I think I was talking more about power-resting.”
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Diaz herself has beforehand joked about being “semi-retired,” and lately divulged that she took a hiatus after 2014’s “Annie” as a result of she wished to spend time together with her household. The actor married Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden in 2015 and has two kids.
Diaz stated she solely returned to work with Foxx. On Friday’s “Graham Norton Show,” she reportedly recalled pondering that if she had to go away her household to behave, she “wanted to do it with the most talented man in the entertainment business.”
