Catherine Zeta Jones Paid $5,700 To Star In Shampoo Commercial

Catherine Zeta-Jones was paid a staggering $5,700 a second to star in a shampoo commercial. The Oscar-winning actress earned $2.5 million for the seven-minute TV advertisement for haircare product Lux, which will only be broadcast in China and Japan.

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An executive at Unilever, the firm behind the commercial, told Britain's The Sunday Times newspaper: "We wanted Catherine as we remember her in 'Entrapment, all slinky and mysterious."

"That's why the advert was written as a mini spy movie. Pity you won't see it on British television. She looks pretty good in it, but that's the deal."

In the advert 39-year-old Catherine steals a youth-enhancing elixir from a high-security laboratory, which turns out to be Lux shampoo and is later seen shimmering down the red carpet with fabulous looking hair.

The British beauty - who has previously appeared as the face of Elizabeth Arden cosmetics and an American telephone company - is not the first Hollywood star to appear in a commercial which will only be shown outside their home countries.

Catherine's "Chicago" co-star Richard Gere filmed Ferrero Rocher adverts for Italy while Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared in many commercials for Japanese TV.