Even Besson went way over budget, he didn’t have to allow the financiers on set or show them any footage.

Leeloo’s full name is “Leeloominaï Lekatariba Lamina-Tchaï Ekbat De Sebat.”

Julia Roberts was considered for the role of Leeloo.

It is one of the few films in history where the hero and the villain never talk to each other, nor do they know of each other’s existence.

Besson cast Jovovich as Leeloo, because, as he says, “Milla has the physical thing, she can be from the past or the future. She can be an Egyptian or a Roman. She can be Nefertiti, and she can be from outer space. That was one thing that I liked physically about her.”