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.

The Professional, Natalie Portman's Mathilda makes a bold and controversial declaration to a hotel receptionist, who had apparently assumed she was the daughter ...

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 shots of Mathilda and Léon’s apartment building. Léon and Mathilda’s ...

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 ...

In the movie, 12-year-old Matilda (Portman) is taken in after her family is murdered by an assassin named Leon (Jean Reno). She then develops an intense bond and infatuation with the professional ...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary, action classic Leon (also known as The Professional) is getting a 4K special edition Steelbook release this December. Twelve-year-old Mathilda lives within the ...

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.