As you probably already know, Shia LeBeouf takes himself very seriously indeed. When he's not releasing bizarre motivational videos on YouTube, he's installing himself as an art exhibit in galleries. It's hard to imagine that he'd ever accept a part in an action movie franchise like 'Transformers' now, but he did so in the past. Needless to say, he didn't like it very much.
It wasn't so much the first of the 'Transformers' films that irritated LeBeouf so much as the second one, which he felt had a weaker script. While noting that it was popular with viewers, LeBeouf said that he hated working on it, and that it lacked heart, closing with the line 'it's just a bunch of fighting robots.' He might be right, but isn't that the point of 'Transformers?' His disdain didn't stop him taking his paycheck and coming back to play the part for a third time a few years later.
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.