Zach Galifianakis has emerged to be one of the funniest men in Hollywood in recent years and for obvious reasons. His oddly shaped dad bod-inspired pot belly, messy hair, and mannerisms are worth a smirk alone but he has the comedic personality of a superstar which has propelled him into the Hollywood elite. After his breakout performance in the Hangover series which began in 2009, various amounts of movie offers began to roll in including, Due Date alongside Robert Downey Jr., The Campaign, Dinner for Schmucks, and even more serious roles in movies like the critically acclaimed Birdman and A Wrinkle In Time.
Galifianakis is another actor who has quite the prestigious look-a-like in the legendary French designer Louis Vuitton who is renowned for his self-named leather goods brand. Vuitton was originally appointed as a trunk maker for the wife of Napoleon III and became an insanely popularized brand throughout the years and now, Louis Vuitton is one of the biggest and respected brands today. Which makes this doppelganger combination all the more hilarious because people are buying high priced products from a guy who looks like Zach Galifianakis.
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.