Back in Action' director Seth Gordon tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx supported each other throughout filming — when the actress marked her return to acting with her first movie in over a decade and the actor had a medical emergency during production in April 2023.

Back in Action, starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz hits Netflix today. The movie almost served as Foxx’s last.

The movie he was filming, “ Back in Action ,” premiered on Netflix on Friday. The film stars Foxx and Cameron Diaz, in her first acting role in a decade, as former CIA spies who are pulled back into the world of espionage when their secret identities are exposed.

The costars didn’t hold back on their commentary on everything from Diaz’s ‘90s fashion to Foxx’s underwear Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx may be back in action, but they’re fine with retiring some of their past outfit choices.

Jamie Foxx ad-libbed baby oil jokes in Netflix's "Back in Action" film. Director Seth Gordon told Business Insider the jokes were filmed a year before the Sean Combs "Freak Offs" scandal. "I don't think that means you're not allowed to use the words baby oil again," Gordon said.

Back in Action' director Seth Gordon tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview that Jamie Foxx was Cameron Diaz's 'biggest cheerleader' as she returned to acting with her first movie in more than a decade.

Director Seth Gordon recounts the first meeting he had with Jamie Foxx when he returned to set after collapsing while in production on "Back in Action."

Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx save a slow week for new Netflix releases with their new high-energy spy comedy Back in Action.

Andrew Scott, Kyle Chandler and Glenn Close also star in Seth Gordon’s caper about a pair of retired undercover agents dragged back into the spy game along with their unknowing children.

Jamie Foxx hyped Cameron Diaz up on the set of Netflix's "Back in Action," her first film in more than a decade after she retired from Hollywood.

From season two of "Severance" to "Back in Action," here's what to watch this weekend on Netflix, Peacock, Max, and more streamers.

What else has Jamie Foxx been in? Actor and comedian Foxx is one of the biggest names in Hollywood, having won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Ray Charles back in 2004 and appeared in a slew of big budget films since, including Django Unchained, Baby Driver and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.