The Professional Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
6 of the most interesting The Professional easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of The Professional movie message.
- A robbery went down in the neighborhood where the film was being shot and upon leaving the scene the thief walked into the film set. When he noticed a group of extras in police uniforms standing around, he turned himself in believing them to be real cops.
Leon uses a make-shift peephole in his lock instead of the standard one in the door. Later we see Leon covers up the standard peephole with gum when he carries out a hit.
The window of the bodega next to Leon's apartment is filled with cleaning products.
Mathilda watches the Transformers cartoons multiple times. Later in the movie, Leon reminds Mathilda to use the code knock, which goes "two knocks, then one, and two knocks again." This is the same beat used for the line "robots in disguise" in the Transformers theme.
Tony appears to have been beaten by Stansfield and/or his men who in a previous scene came to him looking for Leon.
What always amazed me is how the cop managed to dry both his hands and his face with one single tissue. I can't dry my hands with even 6.
