24. "The Fifth Element" is a 1997 sci-fi movie starring Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas, a former Major in the Special Forces who is now a taxi-driver. Which then up-and-coming young actress played the role of The Fifth Element, Leeloo?
From Quiz The Movies of Bruce Willis
Answer:
Milla Jovovich
"The Fifth Element" stars Milla Jovovich as Leeloo, Gary Oldman as Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, Ian Holm as Father Vito Cornelius and Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod. It was directed by Luc Besson.
The story commences in 1914 when extraterrestrials, the Mandosawans, arrive at an ancient Egyptian temple to retrieve the "Fifth Element", the only weapon that, with stones of the other four elements, earth, wind, water and fire, can defeat a "Great Evil" that appears every 5,000 years. The plot then shifts to the 23rd century when the "Great Evil" is set to return to Earth. The Mandosawans are on their way to save Earth with the Fifth Element when they are ambushed and the only thing left of the Fifth Element is a hand. Scientists use this to create a humanoid, which is a woman named "Leeloo".
Leeloo escapes from the laboratory and ends up in the taxi being driven by Willis' character, Korban Dallas. It is then a race to get the five elements together to thwart evil and save mankind. Strangely in this film the hero Bruce Willis and the villain played by Gary Oldman never meet.
The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing. It won a BAFTA for Best Special Effects.
The estimated budget was $90 million and the worldwide gross box office return was approximately $263.9 million. The movie had a special effects budget of $80 million which at that time was the highest ever for special effects.
In one scene a policeman is sitting in a car waiting to be served at McDonald's restaurant. The name of the extra playing that policemen is Mac McDonald.
Milla Jovovich was born in December 1975 in Kiev Ukrainian SSR. She moved with her family to London in 1980 when she was five years old. She became a model and appeared on the covers of magazines such as "The Face", "Vogue" "Seventeen", "Harper's Bazaar", "Cosmopolitan", and many others. Her first professional acting role was in the made for TV movie "The Night Train to Kathmandu" in 1988.