Wow...So Leon really did smash that 12 yr old girl in "The Professional."

[Real]

Leon: The Professional is about an Italian killer living in New York (Jean Reno) who starts taking care of a girl named Mathilda (a very young Natalie Portman) after her family is killed. If you've seen this movie, you'll probably agree that there's something slightly off-putting about it; in the words of Roger Ebert, "Always at the back of my mind was the troubled thought that there was something wrong about placing a 12-year-old character in the middle of this action."

In one scene, Leon wakes up in bed and a scantily clad Mathilda is sitting next to him, but that's the closest they ever get to being romantically involved. So why does this movie creep us out so much?

The Missing Scene:
The international cut of the film reveals that the night before that scene, Mathilda tried to coax Leon into making love to her, but he turned her down because he "wouldn't be a good lover" (apparently there are no laws about having sex with minors in other countries, but there are plenty of laws about doing it lousily). Well, the screenplay takes the wrongness even further by making it clear that, actually, he does sleep with her. While crying. Here's the scene:

"How beautiful it is seeing them sweetly making love" is an actual line that the screenwriter wrote. And no, she's isn't 30 instead of almost 13 in this draft.

How It Changes the Movie:
For starters, this explains why Leon is so edgy the whole damn picture: On top of the corrupt DEA agent, he also had to be on the lookout for Child Protective Services busting his ass for pedophilia. But mainly, it confirms our hunch that there was something fishy going on in this movie all along. We'll never look at Luc Besson pictures the same way again.

6 Crucial Movie Scenes That Never Made It Out of the Script | Cracked.com

 

[bangbreh]

 

[Why-Fi]

well thats what the movie was really about wasnt it? the inappropriate-ness of the whole thing - teaching a 12 year old how to kill people and all that? not sending her to an orphanage or whatever? the relationship they had basically landed in their laps. however inappropriate it was all they both had

that sexual scene wasnt really needed to communicate that, glad they cut it

 

[GoldenGlove]

 

[Silver Surfer]

I said this...I think that dialogue was in the French release or something. But in the American verison when they got out of bed she was wearing his underwear and they made sure to get a shot of it, so it was implied they had sex

 

[Tommy Fits]

Really glad they cut that scene. I love this movie but even without that scene some scenes revolving around their relationship was hard to watch.

 

[Baracka Flocka Flame]

 

[Rominati]

 

[Real]

I'm just a reporter nikka...

 

[ThumpDaddy]

I will never look at that movie the same again.

 

[Black Ball]

It's not like they ever shot the scene. Just words on a paper.

 

[Marvel]

Such a good movie...this kind of ruins it for me.

 

[Yung Yogurt]

will be boycotting this movie now, fukk leon and that lil bytch!

 

[Silver Surfer]

makes the movie even better...

 

[Black Ball]

Yall acting like they shot the scene or the actors even knew the scene existed. They probably never knew that scene was even written, so it doesn't change the movie or the relationship of the 2 on screen.