Claim: Joseph Gordon-Levitt played Philippe Petit in a movie about him.
Evidence: He starred as Philippe Petit in the Robert Zemeckis-directed film The Walk -LRB- 2015 -RRB- , and as Edward Snowden in the Oliver Stone film Snowden -LRB- 2016 -RRB-.
It is based on the story of 24-year-old French high-wire artist Philippe Petit 's walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7 , 1974.