The movie he was filming, “ Back in Action ,” premiered on Netflix on Friday. The film stars Foxx and Cameron Diaz, in her first acting role in a decade, as former CIA spies who are pulled back into the world of espionage when their secret identities are exposed.

Andrew Scott, Kyle Chandler and Glenn Close also star in Seth Gordon’s caper about a pair of retired undercover agents dragged back into the spy game along with their unknowing children.

Director Seth Gordon recounts the first meeting he had with Jamie Foxx when he returned to set after collapsing while in production on "Back in Action."