Even Universal Studios make mistakes sometimes. If inexperienced in a new job, you don't expect to be handed enormous financial responsibility on your first day. That's just common sense. It appears common sense was sorely lacking when Universal decided that first-time director Carl Rinsch could be trusted with the $175m budget of the Keanu Reeves-led film '47 Ronin.'
Hopelessly out of his depth, Rinsch was so bad at the job that Universal ultimately had to make the decision to fire him, and bring someone else in to try to patch up the damage. Donna Reeves did her best, but bringing Keanu Reeves in to shoot additional scenes to repair the narrative brought more expense, so bringing in $151m at the box office didn't do anything to plug the hole. Rinsch has never been involved in a major film project since.
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.