There was nothing so-called about this climb.
On Thursday morning, “My So-Called Life” star Jared Leto transformed from dreamboat to daredevil when he scaled the Empire State Building.
Well, at least 18 floors of it.
The Oscar-winning actor’s career reached new heights at the New York landmark as he pulled off the awe-inspiring stunt to announce his band Thirty Seconds to Mars’ upcoming “Seasons” world tour.
Their fearless frontman said of his Empire State stunt, “The building is a testament of all the things that can be done in the world if we put our minds to it, which is largely the inspiration behind our most recent album, ‘It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day.’ ”
Leto — who is the first person to ever legally climb to the top of the Empire State Building, according to building officials — scaled from floors 86 to 104 on the east side of the landmark. His 20-minute hike took the “Dallas Buyers Club” actor some 1,300 feet up in the sky.
After a performance at the top of the Empire State Building, Leto spoke about his bucket-list adventure on the “Today” show.
“I was more excited than nervous, to tell you the truth,” he said. “But I have to be honest, it was very, very hard. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be.”
“Just the endurance that it took, the stamina that it took — and it was very sharp.”
Leto also showed off a bloody left hand after his climb due to some sharp corners on the building.
Still, the 51-year-old star said that it was all worth it for the “incredible” experience “to watch the sun rise overlooking the city that’s meant so much to me.”
“Ever since I was a kid, New York stood for the place that you went to make your dreams come true,” the Louisiana native said. “And as a young kid, I wanted to be an artist, and New York was the place that you came to be an artist. And the Empire State Building was always that symbol for me.”
Leto has four months before the “Seasons” tour — behind the group’s new album, “It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day” — kicks off in March with some South American festival shows, followed by a leg in Europe in April and then North America in July. Finally, the band’s first headlining trek in five years will wrap up Down Under in September.
Until then, Leto has a different type of climb in mind for his encore: “Into bed. You climb right into bed.”
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