Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Constance Marie, Jacob Vargas and Lupe Ontiveros later worked together again in the autobiography of the late Tejano singer Selena.
In one scene, when Johnny (Jimmy Smits) is talking to his son, he gives him a Star Wars toy of the Millennium Falcon as a gift. Seven years later, Jimmy Smits would go on to play Bail Organa in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as the adopted father of Princess Leia, who spent time in the Millennium Falcon in the original Star Wars trilogy and even married the captain, Han Solo.
Rafael Tamayo, who later played ''Young Abie" and Victoria Elena Flores who plays "Young Suzette" in Selena (1997), plays background extras in a scene.
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