Cameron Diaz has revealed she gave up acting after growing tired of ‘inappropriate’ behaviour on sets.

The Holiday actress, 52, is set to return to our screens in Netflix’s new movie Back In Action as part of an all-star cast alongside Glenn Close, 77, and Jamie Foxx, 57.

The Netflix movie, which was released on January 17, follows Emily (Cameron) and Matt (Jamie), two former CIA agents who have given up their life of espionage and action in order to settle down, start a family, and live a normal life.

However, things don’t go so smoothly for them as their idenтιтies become compromised and they are forced to fight and run to protect those closest to them.

Following her return, Cameron, who also retired to focus on motherhood, has revealed that film sets have changed dramatically following her ten year hiatus, thanks to the rise of the #MeToo movement.

She told the Skip Intro podcast: ‘The industry is so different. I mean, I definitely have to say that MeToo changed everything. You walk on to the set and it is different. 

Cameron Diaz has revealed she gave up acting after growing tired of ‘inappropriate’ behaviour on sets, ahead of her return to Hollywood in a new Netflix film 

The Holiday actress is set to return to our screens as she is set to star in Netflix ‘s new movie Back In Action as part of an all-star cast alongside Jamie Foxx (pictured)

‘There was always just like that one guy, you know, on set, that you were like, ‘God, here he comes again.

‘There was always layers and layers of inappropriateness that you just kind of had to put up with.’

For Back In Action, Cameron was approached by Human Resources prior to filming to discuss appropriate behaviour, and was provided with an ‘anonymous H๏τline’ for cast and crew to report any issues.

 ‘I was like, ‘Wow, that’s amazing’. The level of security and safety you feel as a woman now on set is great. I had never felt that before this film’, she added.

The movie trailer for the new release kicks off with Emily and Matt driving towards a restaurant with their children, however, they make a quick pit stop at a petrol station. 

As Jamie exits his car, a group of strangers surround him and his wife Emily and begin to attack them out of nowhere.

While they’re able to defend themselves, their secret idenтιтies are revealed to their children and now they must figure out what threat there is to their family. 

The new action comedy, directed by Seth Gordon, 48, serves as a comeback for both Jamie and Cameron as Jamie suffered a stroke in 2023 and Cameron quit acting for family reasons in 2014. 

And following her return, Cameron had revealed that film sets have changed dramatically following her ten year hiatus, which she spent concentrating on her children

The new action comedy, directed by Seth Gordon, 48, serves as a comeback for both Jamie and Cameron as Jamie suffered a stroke in 2023 and Cameron quit acting in 2014

Previously Cameron told Empire she returned to acting purely to work with Jamie again following Any Given Sunday and Annie. 

She said: ‘I thought that if I was going to come back and do a movie, the only person I’d come back and do it with would be this guy (Foxx).’ 

‘Seriously. I had other opportunities along the way and I was always saying “No. I’m not doing it, I’ve told you… What? Jamie asked? Jamie? Oh, I can do a movie with Jamie!”‘

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The star officially retired from her Hollywood career in 2018, before being lured back by her close friend Jamie to star alongside him in the action comedy. 

But her comeback project was thrown into turmoil in 2023 when it was reported that Jamie ‘had an absolute meltdown’ on the UK set of the movie, which led to the firing of three people. 

And in March 2023, a source close to the star revealed that – while Cameron didn’t have any issues with Jamie – she likely won’t return to the world of film after this movie, because she’s had a hard time being away from her family and hates the ‘drama and confrontation’ that so often erupts on movie sets. 

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com the source said: ‘These back-to-back 10-hour workdays have been a lot on her and she hates being away from Raddix.’ 

They added: ‘Cameron loves being a mom more than anything in the world.’ 

‘She hates drama and confrontation. This is why she retired from the business in the first place,’

‘She has already proven herself in the industry and has nothing left to prove to anyone.’

Cameron famously walked away from Hollywood in 2018 to spend more time with her rocker husband Benji, Madden 45.

The two welcomed their daughter in December 2019 and have been incredibly private about their lives as parents to their three-year-old.