Released in 1994, Luc Besson’s Leon: The Professional is considered a masterpiece. A crime thriller, the movie featured Natalie Portman as Mathilda and Jean Reno as Leon, the hitman with a heart.

Thirty years ago this week, Léon: The Professional made its American debut with a modest $5.3 million opening weekend toward a $19 million run in North America. But internationally, The Professional ...

In 1994, The Professional captivated audiences with the story of a solitary hitman named Leon (Jean Reno, who is celebrating his 67th birthday on Thursday) who took a recently orphaned neighbor ...

The Professional left a deep and lasting mark on the character. Rather than playing Léon as a typical hitman, Reno infused ...

Christina Ricci opened up about losing her dream role in “Leon the Professional” to Natalie Portman when she was a child — the reason being she was too “common” and “healthy-looking.” The ...

Before she was Padmé, Natalie Portman got her start acting in a rather controversial role in the 1994 action-drama Léon: The Professional. Portman, who was just 12 years old at the time, starred ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

"Is life always this hard, or is it just when you're a kid??" Madman has revealed their brand new re-release trailer for the action classic Leon: The Professional, written & directed by Luc Besson, ...

Stiq Flicks – from film and video game industry freelance writer Kevin Kelly – examines video games and attempts to pair them with matching films. It's like wine and cheese, but with more aliens.

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