Natalie Portman’s Strict Contract For Leon

Natalie Portman’s Strict Contract For Leon

Did you know these Fun Facts about Leon: The Professional?

1. Natalie Portman’s parents were extremely worried about the smoking scenes in the film, and before they allowed Portman to appear, they worked out a contract with strict mandates. A couple of the clauses were that there could only be five smoking scenes, and Mathilda would give up during the course of the film.
2. It was Jean Reno’s decision to play Léon as if he were “a little mentally slow” and emotionally repressed. He felt that this would make audiences accept that Léon wasn’t someone who would take advantage of a vulnerable young girl. Reno claims that for Léon, the possibility of a physical relationship with Mathilda is inconceivable.
3. During the filming involving all of the police cars on the street, a man ran from a store he had just robbed. When he encountered the movie set by accident, he saw all of the “police” and gave himself up to a bunch of uniformed extras.

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