It wasn't just Jim Carrey playing outside of his own sexuality in 'I Love You Phillip Morris'; 'Star Wars' and 'Trainspotting' star Ewan McGregor was joining in on the action too. The black comedy actually featured McGregor in a number of roles due to its unusual plot, but the most significant of them was the title role of Phillip Morris himself.
McGregor had to get into the mind and persona of not just one gay man but several, as a number of his other parts in the film were as gay and bisexual characters. Despite being married to wife Eve since the mid-1990s, McGregor seemed to take to the parts swimmingly, managing to imbue each of the different parts with its own personality and never appearing to be less than convincing in any of them. It's just one more example of McGregor's gifts as a character actor; we're yet to see him come across a role he can't make his own.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.