Natalie Portman - Léon

Natalie Portman' 1st role came in the 1994 independent film Léon.

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Léon known as The Professional and Léon: The Professional. It is a French 1994 dramatic crime film written and directed by French director Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, and a young Natalie Portman in her 1st starring role.

Léon is to some extent an expansion of an idea in Besson's earlier film, Nikita (1990), in which Jean Reno played a similar character named Victor. Besson described Léon as "Now maybe Jean is playing the American cousin of Victor. This time he's more human."

While most of the interior footage was shot in France, the rest of the film was shot on location in New York City.

Directed by : Luc Besson
Produced by : Patrice Ledoux
Written by : Luc Besson
Starring : Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman and Danny Aiello
Music by : Éric Serra
Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast
Editing by : Sylvie Landra
Distributed by : Columbia Pictures, Gaumont Film Company
Release date(s) France: 14 September 1994, United States: 18 November 1994
Running time : 110 min. (Theatrical)133 min. (Director's Cut) 136 min. (Uncut)
Language: English
Budget : $16 million