Do you ever wonder why movie tickets are like 12 bucks these days? Are you paying for cutting-edge CGI and inflated actors’ salaries? Well, maybe, but you’re also paying for the salaries of all the people employed by those actors who ensure that said famous person will never be in danger of coming in contact with non-celebrity types. So Julia Roberts’s new movie will probably cost about $85 a ticket. The Mirror says:
Around 350 security staff, including police, more than 100 bouncers and nearly 40 gunmen are guarding the star and her family during filming of Eat, Pray, Love.
Bulletproof cars are used to take the star to and from the set and helicopters patrol the skies overhead.
Apparently Julia Roberts thinks it’s still about 1991 if she thinks she’s famous enough to need nearly 500 people to guard her safety. Is each person assigned to a different square inch of her body? “OK, I’ve got the left pinky toenail, you take the right. And whatever you do, make sure no harm comes to it. If that bitch gets ingrown, I’m holding you responsible.”
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Lol.. somehow this doesn’t quite sound true. I think my Grandma reads The Mirror to get the updates on Batboy! While I am no Julia Roberts “fan” per se, she seems like one of the more down-to-earth actresses out there.
Shiiiit! Is that the reason why Blu-Ray was even invented because the SD DVDs were becoming cheaper than dirt? I knew there was the reason because I can’t see the difference between HD and SD.
Julia Roberts needs to realize she’s not popular anymore. The huge staff seems… well, like a waste of money.
Only if the economy was doing well. In this case, it’s more like a helping hand to keep good people off the street.