RadioTimes.com<\/a> ahead of the film\u2019s theatrical release last September, Mann explained that he and Frank actually had the idea for the film while they were working together on an earlier project.<\/p>\n\u201cThe inception of the height idea came about when we were shooting Final Score at a stadium in the UK,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe were filming at height, and off camera, we got into this interesting conversation about height and the fear of falling and how that\u2019s inside of all of us, really, and how that can be a great device for a movie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although the story is not based on true events, the tower at the heart of it \u2013 the KXTV Tower in Walnut Grove, California \u2013 is very much a real place, and Mann explained that it took the production a long time before they settled on the ideal location.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the key to it was finding these actual towers that exist in America, that exist in the desert there,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was just like that is the perfect location, the perfect kind of character to be at the centre of this nutty thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cWe scoured all around California, and it was during COVID, so we\u2019d just drive and drive and drive to these random remote locations, to try and get access. A lot of them had kind of radio masts and things at the top of these mountains and you\u2019re just finding the right kind of top of a mountain with the right cliff and the right sunlight positioning.\u201d<\/p>