One of the bathers washing Akeem early in the film is soon-to-be adult film actress "Midori" (real name: Michele Evette Watley), who is the sister of singer Jody Watley.
Coming to America (1988) - 6 trivia entries
Directed by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, John Amos (add more)
One of the bathers washing Akeem early in the film is soon-to-be adult film actress "Midori" (real name: Michele Evette Watley), who is the sister of singer Jody Watley.
The man who is getting a (fake) haircut as Akeem first enters the barber shop is played by a then-unknown Cuba Gooding Jr.
The armed man attempting to rob McDowell's is a then-unknown Samuel L. Jackson.
The two bums who get the bag of money from Akeem are actually the rich men who were made bankrupt in the movie "Trading Places" (1983), starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd.
James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair, who played the King and Queen, played the King and Queen of Pride Rock in the Disney animated film "The Lion King" (1994).
When Akeem enters the barber's shop to have his pigtail cut, the old barber (played by Eddie Murphy) jokingly refers to him as "Kunte Kinte." The actor who plays Mr. MacDowell in the film (John Amos) actually played the adult Kunte Kinte in the TV miniseries "Roots" (1977).
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