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Cameron Diaz opens up about movie sets always having ‘one guy’ who was inappropriate before MeToo movement

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Updated 13:19 9 Feb 2025 GMTPublished 13:06 9 Feb 2025 GMT

Cameron Diaz opens up about movie sets always having ‘one guy’ who was inappropriate before MeToo movement

The Californian actress said there were 'layers of inappropriateness'

Liv Bridge

Liv Bridge

Cameron Diaz has opened up about the way movie sets always had ‘one guy’ who was inappropriate before the MeToo movement.

The 52-year-old Hollywood star has reflected on how much the MeToo movement challenged what other female actresses had described as toxic movie sets.

Diaz's comments come as The Holiday actress took a 10 year hiatus from acting in 2014 but is making her grand return alongside Jamie Foxx in the Netflix movie, Back in Action.

The action-comedy film follows the pair who play retired CIA spies who are pulled back into action, as the name denotes.

But during Diaz's decade out of the limelight, an ugly spotlight was shone on the sexism, sexual harassment, and rape culture that had been prevalent in the entertainment industry, as countless women came forward to share their stories.

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The #MeToo movement swept the online world in 2017, rocked by the exposure of sexual abuse allegations against the then high-profile movie producer, Harvey Weinstein, which prompted others to come forward.

Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx star in the new movie together (Netflix)
Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx star in the new movie together (Netflix)

Among the high profile names to join the calls for change in Hollywood were celebs Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lawrence and Uma Thurman.

After the hashtag went viral on social media, Facebook said almost half of its American users were friends with someone who said they had been victims of sexual assault or harassment.

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Diaz has since remarked on the changes the calls to action have made in the industry since her return to acting.

Speaking on the SkipIntro podcast, she said: "The industry is so different. I mean, I definitely have to say that MeToo changed everything.”

The MeToo movement has apparently made some changes to the entertainment industry (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The MeToo movement has apparently made some changes to the entertainment industry (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Golden Globes winner went on to say before the movement took hold, there was always that 'one guy' on the movie set that she said made women feel uneasy.

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“You walk on to the set and it is different. There was always just like that one guy, you know, on set, that you were like, ‘God, here he comes again,'" she continued.

"There were always layers and layers of inappropriateness that you just kind of had to put up with.”

The Hollywood star says there have been some welcome changes on movie sets (Ben Kriemann/Getty Images for Netflix)
The Hollywood star says there have been some welcome changes on movie sets (Ben Kriemann/Getty Images for Netflix)

Some of those changes include a hotline for cast and crew to report any inappropriate issues which she was made aware of when returned to the set for Back In Action.

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Diaz said HR told her about the anonymous hotline, adding: "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.”

Her comments come as she makes a hotly-anticipated return to starring in movies again, saying at the time she took a break that she wanted to 'reclaim my own life' and to build her family.

The couple tied the knot in 2015 (Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
The couple tied the knot in 2015 (Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)

Diaz married her husband - Good Charlotte guitarist, Benji Madden - in 2015, and they share two children together.

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But she said she 'couldn't say no' when Foxx approached her to return to the movie life.

She is also going to return as the voice of Princess Fiona in a fifth Shrek movie, and has signed up to appear in the dark comedy Outcome, alongside Keanu Reeves.

Featured Image Credit: Ben Kriemann/Getty Images for Netflix

Topics: Hollywood, Netflix, Jamie Foxx, Celebrity, US News, World News, Film and TV, Social Media, Facebook, Twitter

Liv Bridge
Liv Bridge

Liv Bridge is a digital journalist who joined the UNILAD team in 2024 after almost three years reporting local news for a Newsquest UK paper, The Oldham Times. She's passionate about health, housing, food and music, especially Oasis...

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