"A harrowing battle for survival hundreds of feet above the ground": we won't need to worry about Alex Honnold's climbing skills for his next project – his acting abilities may be another story

Official image from The Sound .

Usually, when we watch Alex Honnold on the big screen, our main concern is: will he fall off this time? After all, the climbing legend carved out a name for himself in the climbing history books by free soloing El Capitan, a 3,000ft rock face in Yosemite, without protection. For his next project, we don't have to worry about his climbing skills – but his acting skills might be another question.

Honnold has a rare scripted role in the upcoming Hollywood movie The Sound, a climbing-based thriller directed by Brendan Devane.