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Luc Besson Talks Risk Averse Studios & Joy Of Making L.A. & Smartphone-Shot Romance ‘June & John’: “It Was Just Two Actors & A Director”


Luc Besson Talks Risk Adverse Studios & Joy Of Making L.A. & Smartphone-Shot Romance ‘June & John’: “It Was Just Two Actors & A Director”

His feature credits since range from early stylized breakouts The Big Blue and Nikita; to sci-fi hits The Fifth Element and Lucy, and historic dramas The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc and The Lady, at the same time as building film company EuropaCorp and producing blockbuster franchises Taxi a nd Taken. Besson took time scouting the film’s co-stars Stanton Eddy, seen recently opposite Robert De Niro in The Alto Knights, and Price, who the director had spotted in a music video. As June & John finally rolls out some five years after it was shot, Besson is also gearing up for the July 30 release in France of Dracula: A Love Tale, reuniting him with Caleb Landry Jones, star of his 2023 comeback drama Dogman.

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