PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN ACTOR WORTH $174M BUT LIVES OF JUST $100 A MONTH

Fantasizing about what you'd do if you won the lottery is one of the main reasons people play the lottery (although the chance of winning loads of money is obviously the main reason). So what would you do if you won 714$ million? Buy a bachelor pad on the moon? Pay someone to sprinkle rose petals wherever you walk? or live a frugal life, surviving off just $100 a month? Actor Chow Yun-fat - who starred as Sao Feng in Pirates of the Caribbean: At world's End - has accumulated this fortune across his four years in the industry and it appears, unlike you, he elected option three. The wife of the Hong Kong film Legend, Jasmine Tan, says he manages to live his inexpensive lifestyle in his pricey home city by eating street food and using public transport, according to the oriental Daily. He also used the same Nokia flip-phone for 17 years, only replacing after it broke up. He's not arsed about his clothes either, buying most of his clothes from discount stores. Speaking to Hong Kong film site Jayne Stars, Chow - who also starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - said: "I don’t wear clothes for other people. As long as i think it’s comfortable then it’s good for me “But while the actor's means of living do frugally is in itself impressive and intriguing, the burning question is not how, but why? Well, that's because he plans on leaving his entire fortune to charity.

The actor and his wife set up their own charity a few years ago, but it is understood he will spread his wealth across numerous causes. According to Jayne stars, the 63-year old said: “the hardest thing in life is not about how much money you earn, but how to keep a peaceful mind set and live the rest of your life in a simple and carefree manner. “The money's not mine. I'm only keeping it safe for the time being." Clearly, this outlook is a refreshing departure from the MTV Cribs culture of luxury and hedonism, whereby celebrities use their humble beginnings to justify lavish self-indulgence over giving back to their communities. That said: Yun-fat has gone too far the other way… $714m and not a single jet-pack, really?