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Robert Downey Jr Speaks Out About Elon Musk "Cosplay" Of Tony Stark-The Tech Billionaire (vocal.media)

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The parallels between Musk and Stark seemed perfect on paper. Both are billionaire tech innovators with a flair for the dramatic and dreams of changing the world.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Elon wants to be Stark. He's actually Iron Monger. He wants to be Stark so fucking badly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

From the article:

Back in 2016, Iron Man director Jon Favreau revealed that Musk had been a direct inspiration for their version of Tony Stark. Downey Jr even spent time with Musk to better understand what it would be like to walk in the shoes of a real-world tech mogul.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

At most, Elon Musk is Tony Stark with none of the redemption ark that Stark got. That's assuming he isn't just the purse string holder that he is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

"This is what rich guys act like"

"Oh, except you'll be playing one who is actually quite intelligent"