The Omaha Beach scene is a major point of 'Saving Private Ryan', which is why we've spent a lot of time discussing it in this list. There's one more important detail you should probably know about it though; what you're seeing on screen isn't actually the real Omaha Beach at all! Although the real Omaha Beach still exists, and largely looks the same as it did during the Second World War, the trustees of the Beach have severe restrictions on what can be filmed there, and how that filming can happen. Those restrictions made it impossible for Spielberg to achieve what he wanted to achieve.
Unwilling to be defeated, Spielberg instead went to a remote beach in Ireland, and created an exact replica of Omaha Beach there; just as he'd created a clone French village just outside London. The production crew on this film actually built a whole town and a whole beach, and nobody could tell them apart from the real thing. Incredible!
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.