Do the Right Thing/Trivia
- Fake Nationality: Frankie Faison's painfully bad (and inconsistent) impression of a Jamaican accent.
- Hey, It's That Guy!: Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez make their film debutes in this film. Also, Sonic Youth's former drummer Richard Edson plays Vito.
- And Samuel L. Jackson.
- And the polar opposite of Gus.
- Playing Against Type: John Turturro (an Italian-American), actually playing... an Italian![1]
- Real Life Relative: Mookie's sister Jade is actor Spike Lee's real life sister Joie.
- Ossie Davis and wife Ruby Dee, as Da Mayor and Mother Sister.
- What Could Have Been: Spike Lee's first choice for Sal was Robert De Niro, who turned it down because he felt the role was too similar to ones he had played in the past.