He is one of the most talked about personalities for many weeks. With the all-encompassing new President of the United States, Donald Trump, for whom he now officially serves as the Director of the Department of Government Efficiency, entrepreneur Elon Musk is on everyone’s mind. An opportunity to remember that the CEO of Social Network X inspired Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, one of the most famous characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
From the beginning, as revealed by Stan Lee, it was the wealthy pilot and director Howard Hughes who was the first inspiration that brought to life in the comics Tony Stark, this colorful character that people adored. But in 2008, when Marvel began to attack the big screen iron manDirector Jon Favreau and actor Robert Downey Jr. turn to a different muse: Elon Musk !
“At the time I was trying to bring Tony Stark, this millionaire genius character, to the screen. iron manI had no idea how to make it real”It was announced in 2010 Jon Favreau In Interview given to Time. “Robert Downey Jr. Then he said to me: “We should meet Elon Musk“.and he was right.”
When we take a closer look, it’s hard to tell Robert Downey Jr. Tony Stark and Elon Musk It has many similarities. Both are self-taught, rich, influential, philanthropic, eccentric, provocative and high-tech lovers!
When Tony Stark meets his role model Elon Musk on screen!
It is not surprising that Jon Favreau and RDJ The main model was the boss of the automobile company Tesla, who was considered by Bloomberg to be the richest person in the world in 2021! And this is almost logical Musk He was invited to play opposite Stark in Iron Man 2 (a movie you should definitely take a break from after 1 hour and 54 minutes).
in the middle of a feature film, Elon MuskAs you can see (again) below, he finds himself shaking hands with his esteemed colleague and fictional alter ego Tony Stark. It’s hard to ignore the chemistry these two men share after this cameo!
This favor of Marvel Studios to the real billionaire was almost inevitable. Elon Musk actually left productioniron man 2 Filmed for several days and for free, in the premises of his company SpaceX. Which would usually cost a small fortune.
Six years later in cinemasiron man 2, Jon Favreau will announce In the Recode Decode podcastAbout a Elon Musk Appropriately featured in a Netflix documentary called Elon Musk: The Real Life of Iron Man: “He is a very good friend of the Marvel family.“We can understand that!
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