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Dominique Fishbackis gladJamie Foxxis on the mend afterexperiencing a medical complicationlast month.
The actress, currently on Prime Video’sSwarmand in the upcomingTransformers: Rise of the Beasts, tells PEOPLE of keeping up with updates about Foxx’s condition in recent weeks, “I always just think that Jamie Foxx is superhuman. So it’s almost like, if I didn’t hear it from somebody close, I didn’t really pay any attention to it.”
Fishback, 32, costarred with Foxx, 55, in the 2020 Netflix filmProject Power. Foxx is currently helping her executive produce her one-woman playSubvertedinto a special.
“I’m just so happy that he is doing well,” says Fishback.
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Fishback says she’s “very proud” ofSubverted, adding that it’s a “beautiful time” to adapt it into a special, especially with Foxx onboard.
“I wrote it about 10, 11 years ago. And throughout New York, I had been writing letters to theaters saying, ‘Hey, would you doSubverted?’ and just waiting and wanting the very best,” she says. “Now I get to have Jamie Foxx, who is the very best. So the timing is perfect.”
Foxx “experienced a medical complication” on April 11, his daughter Corinne previously revealed. He was in Atlanta filmingthe Netflix movieBack in Action, which also stars Cameron Diaz. Corinneshared at the timethat “due to quick action and great care,” the actor was “on his way to recovery.”
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Jamie Foxx with daughter Corinne in October.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
A month later on May 12, Corinne offered another update on Instagram, saying that Foxx “hasbeen out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating.” She added, “In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks foreveryone’s prayers and support! We have an exciting work announcement coming next week too!”
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,starring Fishback and Anthony Ramos,is in theaters June 9.
source: people.com
