Joseph Gordon- Levitt is on top of the world

Joseph Gordon- Levitt worked closely with the original Twin Towers tightrope walker to recreate

TWELVE people have walked on the moon. Only one has walked the immense void between the World Trade Center towers – and he’s the only one who ever will.

That person is Philippe Petit, whose 2002 book, To Reach The Clouds, is the inspiration behind The Walk, the new film from director Robert Zemeckis, which tells the impossible – but true – story of the French aerialist’s attempt to walk between the iconic New York towers on August 7, 1974.