This story is actually quite cute, in a way! Kirsten Dunst is a fully-grown adult woman now, and has kissed many people in many films, but she was famous long before she was old enough to have romantic feelings for anybody. When girls are a certain age, all boys are icky and disgusting - even if that boy is Brad Pitt, and he's the poster star on your friends' bedroom walls.
Dunst was only eleven when she was required to kiss the adult Pitt on the set of 'Interview with The Vampire' (if you haven't seen the film, we promise it's not as gross as it sounds). While most girls her age would have been thrilled, Dunst thought it was 'disgusting,' and says she didn't kiss anybody else on or off screen until she was sixteen. Looking back, it was a strange thing to be asked to do. Surely the director could have thought of a way around it, as we've seen in other films?
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.