Diaz played a nightclub singer named Tina Carlyle opposite Carrey’s Stanley Ipkis, a bank teller who comes into possession of a magical mask. Carrey told Comicbook.com in December 2024 that he would return for a sequel, but “it has to be the right idea.”

When Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx did press for Back In Action, which is now streaming for those with a Netflix subscription, the 52-year-old was asked if she’d be open to playing Tina Carlyle again after it became her first movie in 1994 – especially after Jim Carrey shared his interest in returning. In her words:

Cameron Diaz has shared the one condition she would need to agree to make a sequel to The Mask. The 52-year-old Hollywood star made her acting debut in the 1994 film playing a character named Tina Carlyle alongside Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss aka The Mask.