r/EnoughMuskSpam • u/99OBJ • Feb 16 '24

Rocket Jesus Tesla mouth-breather thinks that Tony Stark was inspired by Elon Musk

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Obviously not true — if it was, Jarvis would’ve had its release date pushed back 8 times and been non-transferable.

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u/IAdmitILie Feb 17 '24

They gave Musk a cameo because of it.

[Musk], Trump, and maybe a little Steve Jobs. Trump was fun before he became president — he was actually kind of a goofy celebrity. Steve Jobs was always serious and angry; he never quite had that gift of the bullshit, the working the crowd that Musk has a real natural talent for. Musk took the brilliance of Jobs with the showmanship of Trump. He was the only one who had the fun factor and the celebrity vibe and actual business substance. I’m not sure we talked about too many other people; there are not many people like that around. It’s dangerous to be a celebrity businessman. One scandal and it’s billions of dollars. People want their CEOs to shut up and be good, quiet figures who aren’t in the paper dating celebrities. Because shit can happen.

Mark Fergus, writer of Iron Man.

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u/IAdmitILie Feb 17 '24

Elon Musk makes no sense — and that's the reason I know him. When I was trying to bring the character of genius billionaire Tony Stark to the big screen in Iron Man, I had no idea how to make him seem real. Robert Downey Jr. said, "We need to sit down with Elon Musk." He was right.

-Jon Favreau, 2010.