Cameron Diaz gives a 'career-best performance in Outcome'
Jonah Hill has heaped praise on Cameron Diaz, his Outcome co-star.
Jonah Hill thinks Cameron Diaz gives the "best performance of her career" in Outcome.
The 42-year-old actor wrote and directed the new black comedy film, which stars Cameron, Keanu Reeves and Matt Bomer, and he's heaped praise on the star-studded cast.
He told Extra: "Getting these guys together was the greatest thing of all time. I'm the most blessed director on the planet."
Jonah was particularly effusive about Cameron, who he described as "an actual angel that fell from heaven".
He said: "Cameron is an actual angel that fell from heaven, and she is not only, like, an iconic classic movie star. When she came on the screen for her camera test or something, we're all back there like, 'Whoa, we're making a real movie.'
"As an actor, she gives the best performance of her career, in my opinion … knockout performance. And as a person, she just supported me and continues to support me in such a real way ... She is just the perfect friend and artist. Combination actually of those two."
Cameron was equally complimentary about Jonah, insisting there was nobody else who could have directed her performance in the film.
She said: "Jonah is the most earnest person.
"Like honestly, like, his words, like, he means them so much. To be on the receiving end of it, it's like … when somebody who you feel the same way about says those things about you, it's like very heartwarming because I think that all three of us here could just say all the same things about Jonah and who he is as a person, as a director, as an actor.
"I mean, my favourite thing is that … there wasn't one single part of his performance in this movie that could be in the trailer and there's a reason. You will see it is absolutely stunning what he does… He is such a force in this movie… It was a free-for-all. Like, there's nobody who could have directed him in this performance other than himself. You know what I mean? And it's just incredible."
Jonah also singled out Keanu, 61, for praise.
He said: "I just love [Keanu]. I love My Own Private Idaho and Parenthood and everything since. And I said, 'This guy's an amazing actor. I want to see him go all out. I want to see him play different stuff than I've seen him play.'"
