Jamie Alexander is no stranger to the action or superhero genre, making her an obvious choice for the role of Wonder Woman. She was in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, 'The Last Stand' (one of his later movies, not one of the 80s/90s classics), and 'Kyle XY.' If you're acting alongside Arnold, you probably have a little bit of that bad-ass aura that's necessary to share the screen with him.
She's been in the Thor movies as Sif, a badass fighter from Asgard. That might make a conflict of interests, but it's not as if we haven't seen DC actors become Marvel actors later, like Ryan Reynolds. She's a leading lady as well, starring as the lead in the show 'Blindspot.' Ultimately she didn't quite fit for the role, though she could have easily pulled it off.
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.