'The Walk' trivia and fun facts

Ben Kingsley and James Badge Dale starred together in Iron Man 3 (2013)

Police officers names, Genco, Tessio and Clemenza, directly refer to 'The Godfather'.

The original title for this film was the same as the book it is based upon, "To Reach the Clouds." Later the title was altered to "To Walk the Clouds" and finally "The Walk."

During the film's New York City premiere the realism of the film's climax 1,362 feet in the air caused some viewers to actually throw up from vertigo. Robert Zemeckis responded that, "[The goal] was to evoke the feeling of vertigo. We worked really hard to put the audience up on those towers and on the wire."

First 2015 biography movie for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The second was to be Snowden (2015), but that has been pushed to 2016 due to the crowded movie scene for Dec 25th

This feature film is based on the same book as James Marsh's documentary Man on Wire (2008).

Joseph Gordon-Levitt had to wear blue contacts for the role of Philippe Petit.