Sean Astin is one of those consistent and somewhat underrated actors that started young and continues to do great work on screen. He got his first role was when he was eight years old, starring in television movie, Please Don't Hit Me, Mom. Four years later he got his real big break when he played Mikey in The Goonies. After this success, he went on to appear in many other films, including Like Father Like Son, White Water Summer, The War of the Roses, Toy Soldiers, and Encino Man.
As an adult, Astin is best known for his role as Samwise Gamgee in The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King - all three of the films in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Post-Lord of the Rings, Astin has appeared in several other films, including 50 First Dates, Click, and Smile.
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.