Fun fact: in luc besson's original script of the Professional, the writer wanted a sexual relationship between adult Leon and pre-teen Natalie Portman. At one point, he walks in on her in a shower.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/69489/11-expert-facts-about-leon-professional

Portman's parents forced them to revise the script to not sexualize their 11-year old daughter.

They cut, for instance, a scene where she makes Leon talk about the importance of having sex for the first time.

*after the director had them rehearse it*

Why?

Because they kept that scene from everyone until the day of rehearsing it.

Because he knew they'd object, and he really wanted pedophilia in his movie.

The actor who played Leon, Reno, changed his character to be somewhat slow and child-like to make it clearer that he was not a pedophile.

In the original script, he was.

And, turns out luc besson is a rapist. https://www.thedailybeast.com/luc-besson-and-the-disturbing-true-story-behind-leon-the-professional

Luc besson's original script went full woody allen, based on his abuse of a 12 year old actress that was ongoing as he wrote it.

That 12 year old actress?

She played the blue opera-singer in his next movie, the Fifth Element.

Luc besson dumped her for Milla Jovovitch mid-production.

Natalie Portman's parents, and Reno, managed to at great effort tone down besson's insistence on pedophilia.

The movie as finished is merely uncomfortably awkward in parts, rather than its original vision.

Luc besson went on to make the Fifth Element, Valerian, and also acquire 5 credible accusations of rape.

Besson also did

- the Transporter series
- the Taken series
- Ong Bak
- District 13

And a whole bunch of other movies

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson_filmography

Note: besson's original script, full of attempts to sexualize a teen actress, featuring a *sex scene* between her and an adult man, came out in 1994.

His last movie, Anna, came out in 2019.

He told us who he is 27 years ago. And still has a career.

Luc besson was not cancelled, and has so far had 27 years as a producer/director/writer of beloved movies while being a rapist.

Why wasn't he cancelled in those 27 years?

Because it wouldn't have been profitable.

The Taken series alone sold $929,451,015 worldwide.

Hollywood only takes a stand if not doing so affects the bottom line.