The Movie Natalie Portman Doesn't Want Her Kids To See

Natalie Portman's breakout role was in Luc Besson's "Léon: The Professional." Released in 1994, the film follows a hitman and the young girl he reluctantly takes under his wing, with legendary French actor Jean Reno playing the titular assassin opposite Portman. With a 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is almost universally beloved. However, Portman has a complicated history with the role. Looking back on her early work, during a chat on "Armchair Expert" with Dax Shepard, she admitted to being highly "aware" of her portrayal as a "Lolita figure" (via People). The actress admitted "being sexualized as a child" forced her to act more conservatively to protect herself, which was ultimately quite damaging. She explained, "So many people had this impression of me that I was super serious and conservative ... and I realized I consciously cultivated that." 

Portman even shied away from any romantic scenes to keep herself safe. The actress was just 13 in "The Professional," and now that Portman is a mother herself to daughter Amalia and son Aleph, she wouldn't want her kids to watch the movie. She argued to Empire magazine that the movie probably wouldn't fly nowadays, considering its premise is "largely inappropriate" (via Female First). Admitting the film is still the one she gets recognized for the most, Portman confirmed that working on the movie was "100 percent a positive experience" but she acknowledged, "I don't know how I'd show that to my kids."