10 Actors Who Refused To Die On Screen
8. Queen Latifah - All Of Her Movies
Once actors reach a certain level of stardom and visibility, they're able to include specific clauses in their acting contracts, from ensuring they get certain privileges on set like a personal chef, to no-nudity stipulations, and in the case of Queen Latifah, having iron-clad confirmation she won't die.
In an appearance on the The Drew Barrymore Show last year, Latifah revealed that she has a no-death clause in all her acting contracts:
"You know, what happened at the beginning of my career… My characters died in the movies and apparently I died my ass off... I was like, 'Wait a minute, if I keep dying in these movies, I can't do a sequel.'... Henceforth, we kind of threw [the clause] in there... I was like, 'No more dying. No more getting shot up by 300 bullets in this car.'"
From a financial perspective it's certainly smart, even if Latifah doesn't exactly have a bevy of sequels to her name anyway. Plus, the clause basically confirms none of her movie characters will ever die, so spoilers for her entire future filmography...