The Golden Child/Trivia


 * Dueling Movies: By an amazing coincidence, this movie came out at about the same time as another action-comedy about Eastern mysticism, Big Trouble in Little China.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Victor Wong ("The Old Man") also plays Egg Chen in Big Trouble in Little China.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Frank Welker does the demon's vocal effects.
 * Victor Wong's Big Trouble in Little China costar James Hong (David Lo Pan) is Dr. Hong.
 * Old Shame: Eddie Murphy trashed this movie while promoting Coming to America.
 * Retroactive Recognition: Twenty-five years later, "Brother Numsy" turned out be Lord Vetenari.
 * What Could Have Been:
 * In a brilliant example of Tropes Are Not Bad, Mel Gibson was considered for Jarrell. Face it: this movie has a rather cheesy and predictable plot, but it's being carried by Murphy's humor. Now imagine the movie without the comedy but with Gibson.
 * John Carpenter was originally attached to direct, but opted to make the similar Big Trouble in Little China.
 * John Barry wrote a score for the film, but it was rejected in favor of Michel Colombier's synthesizer music. Two Barry compositions remain in the soundtrack, one of those being Anne Wilson's "Best Man in The World".