Natalie Portman’s parents were completely against her playing Mathilda. In the original script, Léon accidentally walks in on Mathilda while she’s in the shower.

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 ...

American actress, producer, and director. Portman has starred in various movies roles since her childhood and made her debut ...

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.” ...

When you think about it, Natalie Portman had a lot of heavy roles starting in Hollywood. She crushed her first movie role playing Mathilda Lando in The Professional (who deals with the trauma of ...