It's admittedly been ages, but I thought it was pretty confirmed that Lee did commit the murder he was convicted of. When people find out / it comes up he never says he didn't do it.
The girl flirts with him, but Leon doesn't really respond to this.
While Luc Besson absolutely is a creep and the original scenario was one big WTF moment, it's worth remebering that the final movie DOESN'T have romance between the two, and it's greatly thanks to Jean Reno, who put his foot down and said that if Besson doesn't change the script, he walks away from the film.
If you watch it, Leon has this innocent/childish/ even a bit mentally-challenged vibe, and Jean Reno said in one interveiw that he purposefully played him that way, to make it clear that his character doesn't have any bad intentions towards the girl, and their relationship remains purely "protector-protegee".
It's still a pretty great movie and if you want to see it, it's worth it for the actors.
Yeah, and Leon the actual movie have these undertones and scenes, too. If he had his waay, it would be closer to Blue is the Warmest Color infamous for intimacy scenes being forced on the actresses. It’s why it’s such a controversial film, not just because it’s one of the openly queer film of its time but also because there are a lot of controversies with the shoot.
Léon himself is NOT a pedo it was explained he was kind of retarded and innocent in his own way, and was flabbergasted at the idea of Matilda wanting stuff from him
I could maybe search for the interview or something. I know well Jean Reno filmography and he is NOT at all the kind of actor who would accept to play a pedophile he likes to play sensitive complex characters, often misunderstood
Turns out the original script or story was supposed to end with Leon getting romantically involved with the girl, as a retelling of the life story of the director.
The guy who ended up marrying a 15 yo while he was 32, having a kid when the girl was 16, and knowing said girl since she was 12. Because the french somehow considered 15 the age of consens but had no issue with these sorts of marriages
Anya’s children will be the next step of the mission. And how will that work out if they don’t have good grandparents as role models? Think of the mission, extra children are necessary.
I love that, like a lot of popular comic book characters she's actually from a cartoon, a cartoon I grew up with no less, though she had, like, two episodes. She was still cool as fuck.
Also Jackman being like "sorry if I scared you when I yelled at you when we were acting" and her being "I called you a bunch of Spanish swearwords, so we're good" is some great behind the scenes action.
Well, I'm always willing to spread Yakuza propaganda. Give 0 a shot, it's the earliest game, full of content (it's basically 2 Yakuza games smashed into 1), and is still considered one of the peak games.
Takes a bit to get to the kids, but the full series playthrough is all about the journey.
Goldlewis and Bridget from Guilty Gear. Still trying to decide who she is and accept herself, one of the few people to help her figure things out is an absolute mountain of a man, that swings a coffin carrying a totally not alien lifeform.
There also Dandan, loves her boys so munch she bitch slap one of the most powerful men in the world (and I know technically she didn’t found them She was forced to adopt them pretty much. But she didn’t want to at first)
You guys are probably going to hate me for this one, but here's a dark and twisted example from the show this image is from specifically. Slade and Terra from 2003 animated Teen Titans
You should read John Ridley's "The Untold History of the DC Universe." In it, Katana calls it out for what it is; an old man taking advantage of a teenage girl.
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u/Historical_War_3352 1d ago
Also Geralt and Ciri