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Bonding with the Girls who Play Jude Law’s Daughters: Totally joking, Cameron Diaz said she bonded with the young actresses by smacking them around. “Why do I think that’s so funny? I don’t know. It’s clearly not a thing you should joke about in print. ‘She doesn’t want kids, she smacks around the ones she works with, and she doesn’t even want a dog.’ No, they were so sweet. It was a lot of fun. What was so great about them was that they had never done it before. It was really great to watch them grow as actors. It sounds funny, but really they learned so much.
We watched them from the first day they were on the set to the last day. It was amazing what they picked up on, their understanding from the first day to the last day of what they were doing because they had no idea. They were like, ‘We’re making a movie with Cameron Diaz and Jude Law.’ They didn’t have any idea of what their responsibilities [were], what it meant to be doing that. It was a real learning process for them. It was really fun to sort of be there and help guide them through it, and give them as much as you can to learn about it. They were so sweet and did such a great job.”
An Update on Shrek the Third: Diaz is currently at work providing the voice of Fiona again for the third film of the Shrek franchise. Asked how it’s coming, Diaz responded, “It’s going. It’s working. It’s happening. It’s about to land in your guys’ laps I’m sure.”
Diaz enjoys lending her voice to the part and feels they’ve got the character of Fiona down pat. “I think that certain characters they have down - like Shrek and Fiona. Every time I think they really strive to make a good statement, a solid, informed, good statement that’s uplifting. I think the characters are all really rounded in this film.”
Diaz is also happy about the way kids get into the Shrek films and how much they seem to love the character of Fiona. “I love that people enjoy those films. It’s wonderful. I’m just thankful for someone like Jeffrey Katzenberg who has this spirit and the drive to bring those movies forward, and dedicates himself to all of the people who work on it to bring it forward and bring it into the world. I think it’s amazing.”
