France gave the world a lot of great actors. One of them is Jean Reno, who appeared in such iconic films as Leon, Wasabi and Mission Impossible. Even in his youth, having decided to become an actor, Jean stubbornly walked towards his goal, to which he devoted his whole life, and, judging by all, very successfully. Now he is famous not only in France, but also far beyond its borders.
The future actor was born in Morocco, where his family once ran from Spain, fleeing political repression (see interesting facts about Morocco). Accordingly, he has a Spanish origin. Jean Reno is a pseudonym. His real name is Juan Jimenez. In order to obtain a French passport in his youth, he had to serve a contract in the French army. Throughout his life, Jean Reno is very removed in almost every film directed by Luc Besson, with whom he became friends in his youth, when they were both still not known to anyone. The first popularity came to them after the movie “Underground”, directed by Besson. The film played the hero of our article.
When Jean Reno decided to become an actor, he began his journey to heights of glory with acting lessons. As far as can be judged, they helped him – he plays and is really wonderful. Before filming a movie, he had the opportunity to take part in television shows and be an actor in a theater. For the sake of filming in Godzilla, he abandoned the role of Agent Smith in The Matrix. Mel Gibson and Keanu Reeves claimed the role of Leon in the eponymous film, but Luc Besson preferred Jean Reno.
The actor was twice awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor, one of the highest French awards. Jean Reno’s favorite musician is Elvis Presley. National love came to him after the shooting of “Leon”, where the duet of Reno and young Natalie Portman played brilliantly. In the same film, the occasional role was played by Sami Naseri, who was noticed by the director and later called for the main role in his trilogy Taxi.
Jean Reno never works above the norm, and no fees can shake his schedule. As they say, war is war, and lunch is on schedule. On the role in the Da Vinci Code, he agreed, as soon as he was offered it, saying that only a fool would refuse to play in the same film with Tom Hanks. In the film “Corsican” Jean Reno drives a car VAZ-2121 “Niva”. He has a strong physique and quite tall – 188 centimeters. Jean Reno lives in three countries – the United States, France and Malaysia. He starred in more than 60 films.
