Film actress Cameron Díaz became one of the highest paid in the world, but it seems that she is not interested in returning to the screens, despite being the industry that, to a certain extent, has made her a millionaire.
The Swedish actress and nationalized American, Greta Garbo decided to retire from the cameras at just 36 years old, after having successfully reached Hollywood and silent sound films. After the artistic failure of the film The woman with two faces she secluded herself in her apartment in the vicinity of Central Park, to avoid any contact with the media and did the impossible not to be photographed.
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Since then there has been talk of greta garbo syndrome to refer to celebrities who for one reason or another decide to withdraw from public life. In recent years there have been actresses who have chosen to disappear for a while, such as Sandra Bullock, after her traumatic divorce from Jesse James, or Renée Zellweger, until they have found a role that lives up to their expectations. It does not seem to be the case for Cameron Diaz, who has no intention of returning to the film industry.
For a few years, it was rumored that she wanted to quit acting, but The confirmation that fans feared so much came for a while. Díaz was a woman who had been everything in the most commercial cinema of the 90s and the first decade of the new millennium, thanks to films like The Mask, Something Happens to Mary or Charlie’s Angels.
The actress met before the cameras of Entertainment Weekly to talk about the romantic comedy The Sweetest Thing (2002), with her co-stars, Christina Applegate and Selma Blair, and commented on it with great naturalness, as if she were revealing something inconsequential. It arose when they discussed the possibility of working together again: “Maybe I should, because I’m literally not doing anything”said the actress. Christina Applegate, who after overcoming breast cancer decided to undergo a double mastectomy in October last year, stressed that she was also in a similar situation because she was dedicating herself to raising her children.
“I’m semi-retired too, well, actually, retired”
Cameron Diaz’s early retirement coincides in time with the start of her courtship with Benji Madden, who is a DJ and member of the rock band Good Charlotte. They were introduced by Nicole Richie, wife of Joel Madden, brother of the musician and vocalist of the group.
It was a crush. They got married seven months later, on January 5, 2015, in a very intimate ceremony, which can be interpreted as an indication of what their life was going to be like from then on: “We got married in the living room at home, surrounded by our friends. We had a little party on the tennis court in our garden”said the actress in one of the few interviews she has given since then, in April 2016.
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“The first thing I said when I met my husband was ‘he’s very good.’ How come he hadn’t met him before? We had never been in the same circles… Now all that doesn’t matter, because I have my husband. Nothing is comparable to him. Everything else is diluted because you realize that this is true love, real commitment and devotion. This is the person you’re going to build your life with.”
The actress’s public appearances are so rare that each one of them becomes news.
Although the decision not to return to the cinema seems firm, there is a producer, Chris Meledandri, that he is tempting Cameron to put the voice of the character of Princess Fiona again in a new version of the fabulous Shrek movie, for which he would like to bring together the actors who had participated in it, among others Antonio Banderas, Mike Meyers and Eddie Murphy.
Undoubtedly, money will not be one of the motivations for which he would resume his profession, since he is credited with a heritage of almost 140 million euros. Since she was discovered by chance at the age of 21 and became a great celebrity with “The Mask”, alongside Jim Carrey, who also lived at her peak at that time, she has chained big-budget film shoots and intense promotional campaigns. . This is how she recognized him at an event organized by Goop, the lifestyle website of her intimate Gwyneth Paltrow:
“For decades it was what I did because I knew how to do it and it kept me busy.”
Source: SModa.