The actor claims that Burt Lancaster, who wore a pair in a pirate film, most likely 1952’s The Crimson Pirate, served as inspiration for the earrings. That struck me as being hot.
Then I discovered that sailors who died abroad would wear gold earrings to cover the cost of their funerals. That was spot on, given that I’m a sailor,” Freeman said to Fox News in 2016.
He also said that he chose to discuss the importance of the earrings and their backstory since he had been asked about them often over the years.
“I am asked about them all the time. The truth is that my belongings are barely worth enough for someone to buy me a coffin in the unlikely event that
I pass away in an unidentified location. That’s the reason why sailors and I both wear them,” he remarked on Instagram. Celebrity Net Worth estimates that Freeman is worth $250 million.
