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Release year: 2014

Storyline

A woman who has become accidentally trapped in a dark deal with a mysterious and brutal criminal overlord transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond previously known human evolutionary limits and turns the tables on her captors.

Top credits

Directors

Luc Besson

Writers

Luc Besson

Cast

Scarlett Johansson — Lucy
Morgan Freeman — Professor Norman
Choi Min-sik — Mr. Jang
Amr Waked — Pierre Del Rio

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Did you know

• Despite widely published reports that Angelina Jolie was originally cast as the lead, but dropped out, Luc Besson has since denied them and admitted that he only met with a couple of actresses to discuss playing the lead role. He says when he saw how strongly Scarlett Johansson reacted to the story, she immediately landed the part.

• In an interview dated March 2014, Luc Besson said that this project took ten years to become a reality. Also, he admitted that he knew that some scientific assumptions were erroneous, e.g. that humans use only ten percent of their brains, adding nonetheless that such an assumption would be a great start for a sci-fi movie.

• The script took nine years to complete.