Jared Leto just made history after climbing to the very top of the Empire State Building, and he has the scars to prove it.
The Suicide Squad star made the daring ascent up one of the tallest buildings that New York’s skyline has to offer this morning, in a bid to promote the upcoming Thirty Seconds To Mars tour.
Most A-Listers just whack a tweet out or schedule something for Instagram, but that clearly isn’t good enough for the 51-year-old.
He casually scaled more that 1,200ft and became the first person to legally make the journey.
However, it should never be said that the musician and actor doesn’t suffer for his art, as he showed off a series of cuts on his hands after making his way back down.
‘I made it, I’m alive. I made it to the top,’ he proudly told the Today Show hosts upon returning to the ground.
Yes, that is Jared Leto climbing the actual Empire State Building (Picture: NBC)
He really went above and beyond to promote Thirty Seconds to Mars… (Picture: NBC)
‘I was just saying, I saw my mother in the window of the 80th floor, and that was a nice surprise.
Revealing the bloodied gashes on his hands, he continued: ‘It was very challenging, as you can see…
‘I was more excited than nervous, to tell you the truth. 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.’
He opened up about his wild stunt during an interview on the Today show (Picture: NBC)
Jared had bloodied cuts on his hands (Picture: NBC)
Where will he climb next is the real question here…
When asked why he decided to tackle the tourist attraction, Jared said: ‘I’ve always had a fascination with the Empire State Building.
‘It’s incredible. 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.
‘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.’
Thirty Seconds recently made headlines when they dropped their new album, marking their first offering for five years.
Jared shed light on the band’s new music (Picture: AFP)
Spilling the beans on why it took so long for new music, the frontman told Metro.co.uk: ‘If I waited any longer, it would probably be difficult to get up on stage.
‘The thing that happens with music is – you can work on a song forever and as you grow and change, your choices would change.
‘A song is a never-ending process, so I try to think of an album as not just what you have to say, but what you have to say in a given amount of time and for us it’s usually a long time because we’re really slow.’
We can’t wait to see what Jared climbs to promote their next bit of news…
