'Straight Outta Compton' is the tale of rap legends the NWA, and there was nobody more important to the NWA than Dr. Dre. Dr. Dre would probably have loved to play himself on film, but as he's now too old to play himself as a teenager or a man in his early 20s, someone else was required. Dre knew exactly who he wanted to play himself - Michael B. Jordan.
Jordan was flattered, and would have loved to say yes, but he'd just agreed to deal to appear in 'The Fantastic Four,' which was a box-office disaster. By contrast, 'Straight Outta Compton' featuring Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, brought in $160m. The 'Fantastic Four' reboot didn't even manage a third of that amount. Given the choice again, Jordan would probably have made his apologies to the 'Fantastic Four' crew and gone with Dre instead.
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.