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.

But what these kids just don't understand (to paraphrase a Will Smith classic) is that we were cool once and have the potential to be cool again! Or at least this is the fantasy that plays out at the heart of Back in Action,