Nikolau was the first major female rooftopper and caught the eye of Beerkus, who was looking to partner for social media content.
In 2022, when Beerkus and Nikolau made their plans, the “supertall” skyscraper had topped out but was still under construction.
With the urban “sport” emerging as one more of the more extreme ways to get likes on social media, several harrowing deaths have followed.
For “Skywalkers” the film crew followed Beerkus and Nikolau to document their stunts, but only to a point.
“With any activity that’s dangerous, social media tends to disguise the difficulty,” he said.
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN, Familia, Eiffel, Goldin Finance, Netflix, Sundance Film, Kuala Lumpur’s, Merdeka
Locations:
Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur’s Merdeka, Moscow, ”, El Capitan, Félicité