Besson got the idea for Léon while working on La Femme Nikita. In the 1990 film La Femme Nikita, Reno plays Victor the Cleaner, an operative sent in to salvage Nikita’s botched mission.

Fun fact: This movie reminded me a bit of the 1990 French film La Femme Nikita, which I argue is the gold standard of “young woman learning to be an assassin” movies. And at least someone ...

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Like 24, La Femme Nikita centers on a counter-terrorism agent, but this one does her job under duress.