Dimitris Staikos is the kind of person who name drops without a care in the world. It was his job, after all, to protect the silver screen darlings of Hollywood. Elizabeth Taylor, Sharon Stone, Francis Ford Coppola; all shared the spotlight with Mr Staikos right behind them for years.
Among the more than 60 celebrities he protected, Dimitris Staikos singles out Elizabeth Taylor as his favourite.
“When I met her, the first thing I told her is that she had the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen. She answered that she hadn’t had a compliment for 10 years. Kind, simple, spontaneous and so accessible, that woman with the seven famous husbands, the fabulous riches, the astonishing life, who exercised influence on kings, presidents, prime ministers and businessmen,” he said to Greek newspaper Ethnos.
But he cannot speak as highly of his last client, ‘Basic Instinct’ actress, Sharon Stone. The former bodyguard remembers that she was cold, impersonal and very demanding.
“Stone was a difficult case. Intense personality, a wild woman. I remember that more than 2,500 people were waiting for her at Akrotiri. When we reached there, things got messy. Stone cut the ties of more than 60 eager men. I was furious. At some point, she made the wrong move and took my necktie. I got angry and I told her ‘you won’t take my necktie. To remember at least that a man protected you in Greece’. That was it. Then she liked me. But that night, I had already finished with the protection of celebrities. I quit,” he says, without a trace of regret.
You can now find Mr Staikos living a well earnt retirement in his tavern at the Lake of Glory Feneos.
Source: Hollywood Greekreporter.