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Plot summary
Will Sawyer lost the lower part of his left leg to a suicide bomber's blast while serving with the FBI's hostage rescue team, and he now works as a private security consultant. Ben Gillespie recommends him to review the safety systems of The Pearl, a 225-floor tower in Hong Kong that is the tallest in the world. Sarah, a former Navy doctor, is his wife, and their twins Henry and Georgia live with him on the residential floors while he works. The Pearl's owner, Zhao Long Ji, gives Will a tablet that controls the building's systems and unlocks only to his face, then asks him to inspect the offsite security center. While Will is away from the tower, a fire breaks out inside it and his family is trapped on the floors above the flames.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Skyscraper (2018)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- When Neve Campbell was cast as Sarah Sawyer, the wife of Dwayne Johnson's character in Skyscraper, four other actresses had been considered for the part: Maggie Q, Rachel Bilson, Jaimie Alexander and Mira Sorvino.
- The Pearl's look came from Chinese myth: the architectural rendering was based on a twisting dragon with a pearl in its mouth, and production designer Jim Bissell's team researched local myths and a Chinese fable for inspiration.
