However, The Professional has also been reevaluated in that timeframe because of the disturbing overtones in the relationship between Léon and Matilda, a 12-year-old girl he takes under his wing ...

When Natalie Portman's Mathilda is saved from that music and cocaine-loving Norman Stansfield (Gary Oldman), her fate is left unknown.

Leon: The Professional, the title is pretty clear. It's about a professional hitman, Leon, whom Jean Reno portrays in the ...

Meeting Léon by chance only heightened the responsibility of adulthood on Mathilda– not to mention the difficulty of being a young assassin-in-training. In the 30 years since “Léon: The Professional’s ...

Besson was afforded the time to shoot The Professional as a passion project. The Chelsea Hotel was used for the interior ...

So, yes, it’s complicated for me.” In the movie, Mathilda gets taken in by her neighbor Léon, who is a professional hitman. As she trains under him, she begins to develop feelings and later ...

Leon: T he Professional - Official Trailer ... Natalie Portman made her big-screen debut in The Professional as Matilda, the young girl at the heart of the movie. Three decades later, we know ...

It's been over two decades since writer/director Luc Besson’s Léon: The Professional hit theaters ... Léon accidentally walks in on Mathilda while she’s in the shower.