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.

The actress came out of retirement after ten years to appear in the action-comedy with Jamie Foxx, and it certainly helped her net worth.

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:

Diaz, who just came out of a 10-year retirement from acting in Netflix’s “Back in Action,” recently revealed to Access Hollywood that she’d be open to returning for a sequel to the 1994 comedy “The Mask” as long as Jim Carrey is involved.

Cameron Diaz, who stars in Netflix's new action-comedy 'Back in Action' alongside Jamie Foxx, shared in a new interview that her acting return was "all thanks to" her costar.

Cameron Diaz is, quite literally, “Back In Action.” That’s the title of her new Netflix film with Jamie Foxx, her first in ten years. During a recent appearance on “The Graham Norton Show ,” Diaz and said Foxx is the reason she returned to Hollywood.

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.

Matt and Emily used to be glamorous secret agents. Then she got pregnant, and now they’re undercover suburban parents trying to get along with teenage kids.

Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images Jamie Foxx was Cameron Diaz's "biggest cheerleader" on the set of Back in Action. According to director Seth Gordon, Foxx, 57, was a major supporter of Diaz, 52, during her return to acting with Netflix's Back in Action,

Diaz, who just came out of a 10-year retirement from acting in Netflix’s “Back in Action,” recently revealed to Access Hollywood that she’d be open to returning for a sequel to the 1994 comedy “The Mask” as long as Jim Carrey is involved.

Jamie Foxx has been Cameron Diaz's "biggest cheerleader". The 57-year-old actor stars alongside Cameron, 52, in the new Netflix movie 'Back in Action', and Jamie supported his co-star throughout her return to the movie business.