Leon-regissören Luc Besson arbetar just nu med det sista i produktionen av Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets och i ett snack med fansen via Reddit avslöjade han att det var en frustrerande upplevelse att regissera Det femte elementet eftersom datoreffekterna inte nådde upp till Bessons ursprungliga vision.
"I was very frustrated at the time of The Fifth Element because the VFX was "old fashioned" and today the technology allows you to do anything you want - the limits are your imagination. Valerian was not possible to make 10 years ago."
Luc berättar sen att han först hade tänkt sig Mel Gibson i rollen som Korben Dallas (som spelas av Bruce Willis i den färdiga filmen).
"I had asked Mel Gibson first because he had his office next to mine at Warner Brothers. He peeked into my office every morning to tell me that he was thinking about it. After 3 months, he passed. But we became friends. Bruce was the only other choice I had in my mind." Länk