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Leon: The Professional (1994) with Ian Pfaff

Season 2, Ep. 44

EVERYONE! Season 2 begins with a BANG! Jack and Corey are joined by filmmaker and action movie lover Ian Pfaff to talk Luc Besson’s controversial classic LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL (1994)! The three talk action movie ‘Bangers’, great bad guys, European directors making Hollywood movies, Natalie Portman’s fear of cigarettes, Jean Reno’s accent, Luc Besson’s child brain, Willi One Blood’s influence on Gary Oldman, awkward international cuts, and Sting’s original songs for movies.


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