One of the benefits of the #MeToo movement is that as well as highlighting harassment, it's become increasingly unacceptable for directors to say and do things to women on the set of a movie that they used to get away with in the past. Jessica Alba had a thoroughly miserable time playing the invisible woman Susan Storm-Richards in 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,' in 2007, and there's no way that director Tim Story would have kept his job in the current climate based on the way she says he treated her.
One of the scenes in the film called on Alba to cry, which the actor is able to do easily. Story's issue with her is that she was 'crying too ugly' and needed to look 'prettier' while crying. Alba was so upset that she almost walked away from the acting profession completely. She made only two movies the following year, as she looked to rediscover the passion for her craft that she'd lost on the set of the superhero film.
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.