Actor Jamie Foxx remains hospitalized as Netflix continues filming on his new film

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American actor, singer and comedian Jamie Foxx is still under observation at a hospital in the city of Atlantain the state of Georgia, due to a “medical complication”, as reported by his family through social networks.

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He was rushed to hospital last Tuesday and his daughter Corinne was instructed to post a statement on Instagram the next day:

“We wanted to share that my father, Jamie Foxx, had a medical complication on Tuesday. Fortunately, thanks to the rapid action and great care, he is already on the mend,” reads the text, without revealing the reason for the hospitalization.

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“We know how much he is loved and we appreciate your prayers. The family is asking for privacy during this time,” Corinne added.

Jamie Foxx in "The Day Shift".

Jamie Foxx in “The Day Shift”.

Doctors keep checking him. to find out what happened to him and what exactly he has.

Foxx was in Atlanta for filming Back in action, a Netflix movie. The company clarified that the medical incident did not occur on set and that all of his scenes have already been completed, for which they estimate to wrap filming next week.

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The 55-year-old Texas-born actor was in the South American city filming a comedy for Netflix titled Back in actionwhich will mark the return of Cameron Diaz after his retirement from the industry nine years ago.

The film, which was shot in England last month, is directed by Seth Gordon and also stars Glenn Close, Andrew Scott and Kyle Chandler.

Jamie Foxx at the premiere of "Day Shift" in Los Angeles last year.  Photo: Reuters

Jamie Foxx at the premiere of “Day Shift” in Los Angeles last year. Photo: Reuters

Actor, comedian, record producer and R&B singerJamie Foxx’s real name is Eric Marlon Bishop.

He began playing the piano at an early age and later took classical piano classes at university. In 1994 he recorded his first album under his own record label titled Check this out, with which he achieved little commercial success. In 2001 she hosted the MTV Video Music Awards.

He became known to the musical public with his collaboration on the single Slow jam by Twista with Kanye West. This song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #3 in the UK.

His second musical appearance was in Kanye West’s hit, Gold diggernumber one on the Hot 100 for ten weeks.

In 2005 he collaborated on the theme Georgia with Ludacris and Field Mob. The song sampled the classic Georgia in my mind by Ray Charles, who sang at the 2005 Grammys with Alicia Keys and Quincy Jones.

Jamie Foxx in his award-winning performance in the film

Jamie Foxx in his award-winning performance in the film ‘Ray’.

In cinema, he became known for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the biopic radius of 2004, for which won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor, being one of the few African-American actors to win major film industry awards.

Jamie Foxx, when he's Max Dillon, a fan of Spider-Man.  Then he will become the evil Electro.  Photo: Sony images

Jamie Foxx, when he’s Max Dillon, a fan of Spider-Man. Then he will become the evil Electro. Photo: Sony images

That same year, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime drama collateral. He also played ex-slave Djando in a Tarantino film and the character of Electro In The Extraordinary Spiderman 2 in 2014 and in Spider-Man: There’s no way back home of 2021.

Source: Clarin

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