* TheCameo
** The mugger waiting at Korben's door is none other than ''{{Gothika}}'' 's and ''Film/LaHaine'' 's french filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz.
** Zorg's hapless assistant Right Arm (who operates the cockroach bug and impersonates Korben at the spaceport) is UK trip-hop artist Tricky. To be fair, Tricky's appearance is more like HeyItsThatGuy than TheCameo, especially given he lasted half the movie.
** The Mangalores' human disguises (and a lot of extras) are played by fashion models who worked with costume designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.
** Fog, the nervous, stammering bellboy, is played by British stand-up comedian/occasional actor Lee Evans.
** The larger of the two cops getting their lunch at McDonalds is played by Mac [=McDonald=], well known (in the UK, at least) for playing Captain Frank Hollister, the ranking officer in charge of ''Series/RedDwarf''.
* DungeonmastersGirlfriend: DoubleSubverted. Besson wanted his girlfriend to play Diva Plavalaguna, but she initially refused because she didn't want to complicate their relationship. It was only when the actress they hired backed out that she agreed.
* EnforcedMethodActing: The wonder on Bruce Willis' face when the diva sings is real. That was the first time he'd heard it.
* HeyItsThatGuy
** [[{{Amelie}} Nino]] wants da cash.
** [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen Baron Munchausen]] is one of the unfortunate first victims of Mr Shadow.
** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Bilbo Baggins]] is Priest Vito Cornelius.
** General Munro used to be a [[Film/BladeRunner replicant]].
** General Munro wanted Korben to go to Phloston Paradise with [[Film/TheLivingDaylights Rosika Miklos]], but Korben wasn't interested.
** Hey, that Mangalore dude at the airport is also an [[Film/HarryPotter Auror]]!
** That's nothing, Zorg is a Animagus!
** Leeloo got her ass-kicking skills from [[Film/ResidentEvil Alice]].
** Ruby Rhod used to be a [[Film/RushHour detective]].
** [[Film/{{Friday}} Smokey]] wisely avoids Deebo in the future.
** [[Series/RedDwarf Captain Hollister]] makes a short appearance as a cop.
** [[Series/{{The X-Files}} The Well-Manicured Man]] tried to kill the Great Evil at the beginning.
** And then [[Film/{{Aliens}} Sgt. Apone]] takes over his position.
** And [[{{AufWiedersehenPet}} Moxey]] as the chief scientist who recreates Leeloo.
* PlayingAgainstType
** Gary Oldman, sporting a slicked-down partial Mohawk, a beard like a misplaced Hitler mustache, a southern accent and giving one of the most low-key but still awesome performances of his career.
** Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. as the President, playing a more prominent and powerful role than his typical ScaryBlackMan parts.
* StarMakingRole: Milla Jovovich, in her first lead after ''[[OldShame Return to]] TheBlueLagoon''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Alert film buffs will note that neither Korben nor Zorg meet each other face to face. In an original copy of the script, Zorg would have faced Korben during the hotel evacuation, where the latter beat the crap out of the former for firing him and attacking Leeloo before stealing his ship. Zorg then survives the destruction of the hotel with the personal shield of the ZF-1, only to land in a massive glacier. He then calls his secretary to send another ship, only for the battery in his ZF-1 phone to fail.
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