Burt Reynolds
A costly divorce from Loni Anderson and such pointless purchases as the original 1960s Batmobile (price tag: $166,000) left film’s most famous ‘tache in a huge hole. Got himself out of it before he permanently ended up in another one.
Will Smith
It was a case of ‘Boom (Shake The Room)’ for the Fresh Prince in 1999 when the taxman came a-calling. But he knuckled down, blew away a few aliens and any number of bad guys and is probably alright for a few quid now.
Kim Basinger
When she reneged on a verbal agreement to star in Jennifer Chambers Lynch’s Boxing Helena, the LA Confidential star was sued for $8 million. Forced to file for bankruptcy protection, her fine was later reduced to a still pretty steep £3 million.
Sammy Davis Jr
The song-and-dance man had debts of $300,000 when Frank Sinatra offered him a $75,000 cameo in 1959’s Never So Few. However, after Sammy slagged off Ol’ Blue Eyes in a radio interview, the part went to a young TV actor called Steve McQueen…