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Actor and singer Jared Leto (Louisiana, United States, 51 years old) does not suffer from vertigo. This was demonstrated on Wednesday, November 8, after climbing the Empire State Building in New York, one of the most iconic skyscrapers in Manhattan. "When I was young, I wanted to be an artist, and New York was the place to come to be an artist. And the Empire State Building was always that symbol for me," he said after the feat, which in addition to being part of one of the pending challenges on his list of things to do before he dies, has also been his way of attracting attention to promote the next tour of his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars.
It seems that he has succeeded, because the video of the artist climbing floor by floor up the façade of the famous building has quickly gone viral. In total, the winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2014 for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club rose from the 86th floor to the 104th, in an approximate time of 20 minutes, until he reached the almost 400 meters high that the skyscraper measures. "I got to the top and saw my mother in the window on the 80th floor, that was a pleasant surprise," he said after ascending the 18 floors and thus becoming the first person to legally climb to the top of the Empire State Building.
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At one point, Leto shows the camera his left hand, which is bloodied due to the sharp corners of the building, something he doesn't care about. "As many of you also know, I love climbing. It's one of the few things I've found that takes me away from some of life's pressures and helps me find a bit of freedom and equanimity," she explained Thursday in a post on her Instagram account, where she has amassed 11.5 million followers. In it, the artist shows a video of his feat and narrates the great meaning it has for him: "I've had a fascination with the Empire State Building since I was a child. I'm not sure if it was the Guinness World Records or King Kong, but something about this iconic structure always captured my imagination. Built in just 13 short months, in one of the best cities in the world, it has always been a powerful symbol for me of all the possibilities of life."
Jared Leto during his climb to the Empire State Building, Nov. 8, 2023.Roy Rochlin (Getty Images for Empire State Re)
The video of the climb is followed by posters with all the dates and the cities in Oceania, Europe, the United States and Latin America ―including Madrid and Santiago de Compostela― included in their upcoming tour in 2024. The first musical advance took place precisely at the top of the skyscraper, where his brother Sahannon, drummer of the group, also traveled to give a small concert. "In many ways, this album [It's The End of The World but is a Beautiful Day] is about following your dreams and striving to do the seemingly impossible. Climbing the Empire State Building certainly falls into that category for me. Just like touring the world with my brother and sharing these unforgettable concerts and experiences with all of you," wrote the interpreter of Requiem for a Dream, The House of Gucci or The Suicide Squad in his post on the social network.
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This is not the first time Leto has carried out this type of reckless action. In the past he has climbed the wall of a hotel in Berlin without a harness and bungeed jumped on stage at his concert in front of thousands of people. After the feat, an NBC reporter asked him where his next climb would be. Leto, with a certain joking tone, did not hesitate the answer: "To bed. Straight to bed."