One of the most bizarre moments in 'The Walk' actually happened
Philippe Petit became famous around the world for walking a high wire between the Twin Towers in 1974.
Robert Zemeckis' new movie "The Walk" depicts his incredible feat. And though Petit admits some things in the movie didn't happen he confirms one of the most bizarre moments in the movie really did.
At the end when Petit (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is about to get on the wire to begin his walk a man in a suit appears on the roof.
Petit and his accomplice are dumbfounded and stare right at him as the man stands looking at the horizon.
Petit told Business Insider that to this day he has no clue who the man was.
"That really happened and this guy could have made the whole thing collapse," Petit said. "He could have grabbed me and called the cops. It was a miracle that he left and he came mysteriously.
Petit wrote about the mysterious visitor in his book "To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk Between the Twin Towers" (which has since been retitled "The Walk").
In it, Petit gives more detail about what he was thinking at that moment:
"The Walk" is now playing in theaters.