Q 01/05

Luc Besson co-wrote The Fifth Element with which screenwriter, who also wrote The Karate Kid?

A) Robert Mark Kamen

B) Jean-Pierre Jeunet

C) Steven E. de Souza

D) Shane Black

Answer · why

A) Robert Mark Kamen

Kamen later co-wrote the Taken and Transporter films with Besson.

Q 02/05

How old was Luc Besson when he began writing the story that became The Fifth Element?

A) 16

B) 19

C) 24

D) 30

Answer · why

A) 16

He was 38 when it reached cinemas. He first imagined it as a novel to relieve teenage boredom.

Q 03/05

Which actor plays cab driver Korben Dallas?

A) Mel Gibson

B) Kurt Russell

C) Bruce Willis

D) Nicolas Cage

Answer · why

C) Bruce Willis

Besson had also approached Mel Gibson, who turned it down. Willis had just come off flops Hudson Hawk and Billy Bathgate.

Q 04/05

Which A-list actress was considered for Leeloo before Milla Jovovich was cast?

A) Julia Roberts

B) Nicole Kidman

C) Sandra Bullock

D) Uma Thurman

Answer · why

A) Julia Roberts

Jovovich beat 200 to 300 applicants Besson met in person, including Elizabeth Berkley and Diane Kruger.

Q 05/05

What was Korben Dallas's job before he became a taxi driver?

A) A police detective

B) A special forces major

C) A cargo freighter pilot

D) A prizefighter boxer

Answer · why

B) A special forces major

In Besson's original draft the hero, then called Zaltman Bleros, worked in a rocket-ship factory.