When the name Clint Eastwood comes up, it's hard to think of one defining role, as he has so many films listed on his resume. You'd probably recall Eastwood's rugged western-characters, or as Harry Callahan in the "Dirty Harry" movies of the 1970s and 1980s. Born on May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, California, Eastwood has been an enduring Hollywood face for over sixty years.
Eastwood is not only just a talented actor. Over the decades, he's expressed his artistic ability through the roles of director and producer. Other little-known facts about Clint Eastwood? Though many of his characters over the years have smoked (specifically Toscano cigars from Italy), Eastwood abstains from both smoking and hard liquor during his personal time. And he values that personal time unlike any other; from time to time he will pilot his own helicopter to work to avoid traffic!
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.