How much would you pay to sit next to Leonardo DiCaprio? Now, how much would you pay to do it in space?
Apparently $1.5 million is the going rate for a trip to the stars with a star, because that’s what some lucky bidder ponied up at the amFAR Cinema Against AIDS Charity Thursday night at Cannes, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The high bidder has paid a price worthy of Jay Gatsby to be seated next to the Oscar nominee and will have a place on Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space flight. The “Oscars experience” was listed in the auction booklet for the event as a “once-in-a-lifetime trip to space with a mystery guest.” There’s no indication whether the bidder knew ahead of time who he or she would be sitting next to.
Another pair of seats on the same flight went to a second bidder for $2.3 million moments later.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter
