"Leon: The Professional" - Nobody Warned Us About Leon the Professional

About this episode

The episode breaks down the film 'Leon: The Professional', discussing performances, production challenges, and its cult status.

Well… this movie is something, isn't it? Leon: In this episode we break down Leon: The Professional. We talk about Gary Oldman's insane performance and how he created one of the best villians improvising the entire time. We tell the story of how the production smuggled illegal weapons into France and got hit with massive fines when authorities shut it down. We get into why Natalie Portman's parents ever allowed her to be in this movie. And we give our honest reaction to a cult classic that caught us WAY off guard in ways we were not ready for. Chapters: 00:00 Announcements 0:29 Not what we were expecting... 12:43 How Jean Reno helped the problematic story 14:49 The sketchy backstory of the director 19:06 How Natalie Portman's parents kept her safe 25:26 Why is this a cult classic 28:07 Gary Oldman here to save the day 36:12 Keanu Reeves and John Wick 41:10 Jean Reno's method acting & the music 44:14 The most accurate DEA raid in movie history 45:09 Setting up major scenes 49:35 Could've been Man on Fire 53:02 Our final thoughts

People in this episode

Host: CRWN Cinema

Topics covered

• film analysis
• cult classic
• actor performances
• production stories
• character development

Keywords

• Leon: The Professional
• Gary Oldman
• Natalie Portman
• cult classic
• film review
• Jean Reno
• Keanu Reeves

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DEA

Books & works: Leon: The Professional

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