In an interview on the SkipIntro podcast,Diaz shared: 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.

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Cameron Diaz in London, January 2025.Dave Benett/Getty Images

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

She said: I was like, Wow, thats amazing.

The level of security and safety you feel as a woman now on set is great.

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I had never felt that before this film.

Camerons debut acting role came in 1994sThe Mask, co-starring fellow up comer Jim Carrey.

Only when Smith turned down the role did it come to Diaz.