The film "The Fifth Element" was released back in 1997 and almost immediately became a cult movie. Film fans agree that the film owes its success to a great cast.
The film "The Fifth Element" has long celebrated its fifteenth anniversary, but the gripping plot and brilliant cast make the picture relevant today. One of the most striking creations of director Luc Besson has become the finest hour of many artists.
Bruce Willis
Charming handsome Bruce Willis in "The Fifth Element" got the role of Corben Dallas, who is entrusted with a responsible mission - to save the Earth from a collision with a demon asteroid. For Willis, the role of a hero, the savior of mankind, is a very familiar role ("Die Hard", "Armageddon"). However, this does not mean that the character of Bruce Willis turned out to be clichéd or boring - Korben Dallas came out original and very expressive, and this finally cemented the fame of the main Hollywood hero for the actor.
Milla Jovovich
Before filming The Fifth Element, Mila Jovovich was a very popular actress and model, but the main role in Besson's film brought the girl wild popularity. Mila played Leela - a representative of a higher civilization, the notorious "fifth element". The girl's extravagant appearance, coupled with futuristic costumes (which, by the way, were created by Jean-Paul Gaultier himself) simply charmed the audience and critics. The beauty and talent of Mila melted the heart and Luc Besson - it was after the release of the picture that the director and actress were legally married.
Gary Oldman
British actor Gary Oldman, like Bruce Willis, had a role in The Fifth Element. But if Willis got the character-hero, then Oldman embodied on the screen the representative of the "dark forces" - the villain Zorg. The roles of bad guys are especially good for Gary Oldman - director Besson was convinced of this even on the set of the film "Leon", where the actor played a corrupt police officer, and therefore invited him to his new film.
Chris Tucker
If other actors of the film were already more or less known to the general public, then Chris Tucker was a real discovery. The role of the eccentric radio host Ruby Rod was a great success for the novice actor and secured him the role of a comedian. Later, Tucker will star in the popular Rush Hour trilogy and become the highest paid actor of 2006, but will not tire of thanking Besson for his dizzying debut in his film.
Other actors
In addition to the performers of the main roles, the audience also remembered the actors of the secondary characters - Ian Holm, Luke Perry (the generation of the 90s remembers him more from the TV series "Beverly Hills 90210"), Tommy Lister. It is noteworthy that the role of the singer Plava Laguna starred the model Mayvenn Le Bosco - the former lover of Luc Besson.
