american actress Cameron Diaz confessed that before getting the role that changed his life in the tape “TheMask”, was used to smuggle illicit substances from Paris to Morocco.
The statements come after the native of San Diego, California, decided to return to acting after eight years of retirement to star in the comedy “Back in Action” beside Jamie Foxx.
In an interview for the podcast “SecondLife”, Diaz explained that she had scraped together enough money to move to Paris and pursue modeling, but had no luck finding a job there.
“I was there a whole year and I didn’t work a day. I couldn’t book a job to save my life. Then I got a job but actually I think I was a mule transporting drugs to Morocco, I swear to God. Cameron admitted that He didn’t know he was carrying illegal substances until he got to the airport and he started to panic when he realised,” he said.
the protagonist of “Mad About Mary” She said she was relieved to avoid a prison sentence for drug trafficking, after she denied to customs authorities that the suitcase with the illicit substances belonged to her.
“This was in the early 1990s and I was given a locked suitcase that had my ‘costumes’ inside. I’m this blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl in Morocco. I’m wearing ripped jeans and platform boots, with my hair down, this is really insecure. I told them: ‘I don’t know, it’s not mine, I have no idea who it is’. That was the only job I got in Paris. Avoiding at least a ten-year prison sentence for drug trafficking,” said,
Cameron left the suitcase with officials on his way back to France, citing that as the first and last job he had in Paris.
After this unfortunate event, Cameron She finally got her big break in Los Angeles, when a casting agent approached her.
The producers were looking for a female lead to act alongside Jim Carrey in what would become the hit of 1994, “TheMask”.
Her first choice to star in the film was the playmate Anna Nicole Smith, but they decided to broaden their horizons to other potential stars.
But after trying to carve out a career as a catalog model, Cameron she admitted that she was skeptical of the opportunity, telling the casting agent, “I don’t act, that’s not what I do.”
In 2014, Cameron decided to walk away from acting and settle into family life with her husband benji maddox And your daughter Raddix.
Admitting that Jamie Foxx and Tom Brady she has been “convinced out of retirement”, is ready to return to the big screen alongside the actors in the next film “Back In Action”.
“Jamie Foxx, only you could get me back in action! I can’t wait, it’s going to be great!” he assured.
ABC