20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Burger King
5. Free Burgers For Celebrities
After mentioning the company in interviews, Robert Downey Jr received a Burger King Crown Card entitling him to a limitless supply of free burgers, and hes not the only celebrity whos benefitted from the companys largesse. George Lucas, Jay Leno, Jennifer Hudson and Hugh Laurie also carry the card, which according to Leno earned him the respect of the staff at his local restaurant. So I order my food and the guy says, Thats $11, he said. I say, Fine, here you go and hand him the card. His reaction was amazing. Whoa, whered you get this? He was not impressed that I was on The Tonight Show or even that I was driving a Porsche Carrera GT. He was more impressed with this piece of plastic.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'