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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    2219 days ago

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

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      419 days ago

      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.

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        319 days ago

        “This is what rich guys act like”

        “Oh, except you’ll be playing one who is actually quite intelligent”