TV Article We demand a sequel for ''The Professional'' We demand a sequel for ''The Professional'' -- Here's why EW thinks Natalie Portman's first big role deserves a follow-up By Marc Bernardin Marc Bernardin Marc Bernardin is a former senior editor at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2009. EW's editorial guidelines Published on July 1, 2005 04:00AM EDT We demand a sequel for ”The Professional” Where we left offAfter the death of her chaste love, the Italian hitman Leon (Jean Reno), 12-year-old Mathilda (Natalie Portman) returns to her old school, leaving her short life as a would-be ”cleaner” behind. What oughta happen nextA decade after the Leon affair, Mathilda, finished with her formal education, heads to Italy to find her late beloved’s roots, only to be sent on her first hit — a Venetian pimp who traffics in young girls — by the same man who gave Leon his assignments, Tony (Danny Aiello). Could it get made? Sure, if writer-director Luc Besson felt like picking up a camera again and Portman felt like returning to her breakout role.