There's also Leeloo's role in The Fifth Element. For most of it, she's rather passive and clueless about the world, yet manages to fight off alien mercenaries that are twice her size in one ...

Luc Besson in front of a poster for “The Fifth Element” in 1997. picture alliance via Getty Images “I was brought in to read the script in front of Besson’s secretary,” Amicarella recalled.

‘The Fifth Element’: How Luc Besson’s Space Opera Conquered Cannes 25 Years Ago The film's lead producer explains the nine-year development process behind a movie that would become the most ...