Personally, having seen all his films not aimed at young children, read his books, and read every other book and article about him that I could find, I think it is a complete lack of interest in continuing the story. He has written and co-written many scripts that purport to be similar, but not done any of them himself.
Leon was originally written as a favor to Jean Reno during a dark period in his life. Besson wrote that he had great difficulty finding any personal empathy for such a character. His original script made both Leon and Mathilda dysfunctional losers who died in the end. After hiring Portman and seeing Reno's success as a comic knight in 1993, he found a way to rewrite both characters so that Leon saved a much younger Mathilda from a similar fate, and had no interest in a sequel that would make her a professional killer.
As you note, there is no reluctance from either of them to work together, but I sincerely doubt it will ever be in a sequel to this film.
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spookyrat1
9 years ago
... and had no interest in a sequel that would make her a professional killer.
He supposedly has written a sequel that is unlikely to be ever produced, but it would be interesting to know how he saw Mathilda maturing as an adult.
I sincerely doubt it will ever be in a sequel to this film.
Yes, I can never see it happening.🐭
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bowilly-88704
9 years ago
Yea I agree, we will probably never see a sequel. I believe too many years have passed to construct a good story about Mathilda's life up until now. I would like to see them make another film together. Any type would be fine, Drama, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Etc. It would be interesting to see if they still have the same chemistry they had when making Leon.
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