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The film was shot as Covid-19 lockdowns began to ease in California, the US.
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Virginia Gardner, left, and Grace Caroline Currey, right, play a pair of friends trapped on a 600-metre TV tower in 'Fall'. All photos: Lionsgate
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Gardner plays Hunter, who convinces her grief-stricken friend to climb the tower to boost her social media profile.
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Becky is played by Currey, who also featured in 'Shazam!', the DC comic book adaptation.
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The friends become trapped at the top.
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They must overcome the life-or-death situation.
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The actresses faced an extremely challenging shoot.
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It is a vertigo-inducing feature, which will leave audiences gripping the arms of their chair.
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Scott Mann directs the towering thriller.
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Becky and Hunter face a horrifying race to escape.
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The film was shot as Covid-19 lockdowns began to ease in California, the US.
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Virginia Gardner, left, and Grace Caroline Currey, right, play a pair of friends trapped on a 600-metre TV tower in 'Fall'. All photos: Lionsgate
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/DXL4ZB2XQVHZTEONZV673GIKSQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=60cd1cda5856ebbcc9615007ce6a8856e9a2e10305b98377a26b481f37158930&width=400&height=225)
Gardner plays Hunter, who convinces her grief-stricken friend to climb the tower to boost her social media profile.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RJNBNN3RTVGFNFEO63NYNRSC5E.jpg?smart=true&auth=58083cc8ea4cab34fe6cbd5e0725b2607cad8e2612bd20697b25c5e0c23254bd&width=400&height=225)
Becky is played by Currey, who also featured in 'Shazam!', the DC comic book adaptation.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JY3U35IXJRGL3IN3R7RUJ7FDIQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=faee54d374ae7ff0fb58c46b609f902821d87a6a591ce2288d9b41e3ad795a98&width=400&height=225)
The friends become trapped at the top.
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They must overcome the life-or-death situation.
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The actresses faced an extremely challenging shoot.
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It is a vertigo-inducing feature, which will leave audiences gripping the arms of their chair.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YM4H54ANPBANDF73OWYQY4735I.jpg?smart=true&auth=268b9ea1b6e5974edd331edd5ab137ae513a7ddcb4eef016e823bcd634a875e3&width=400&height=225)
Scott Mann directs the towering thriller.
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Becky and Hunter face a horrifying race to escape.
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The film was shot as Covid-19 lockdowns began to ease in California, the US.
Why director Scott Mann hired Tom Cruise's Burj Khalifa safety team for 'Fall'
The vertigo-inducing film follows two girls as they climb a 600-metre-high TV tower in the desert
James Mottram
11 August, 2022
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