During an appearance on the On With Kara Swisher podcast, Oscar-winning actor Robert Downey Jr., 59, expressed mixed feelings about the Tesla CEO's transformation into his famous Avengers character. "I've only met Elon Musk a few times, and I wish he would control his behavior a little bit more," Downey Jr. said of the billionaire.
Robert Downey Jr. and billionaire Elon Musk
Robert Downey Jr. plays billionaire businessman Stark in the Marvel movies, as well as the character Iron Man. In fact, this isn't the first time comparisons have been made between Downey Jr.'s fictional character and the real-life SpaceX founder.
In 2016, Iron Man director Jon Favreau revealed that Musk influenced some elements of Stark's on-screen portrayal. Speaking on the Recode Decode podcast at the time, Favreau said Downey Jr. spent time with the businessman to "give us more insight into what it's really like to be Tony Stark."
The director also revealed that he filmed some scenes for Iron Man 2 at SpaceX, and that he "maintained a friendship" with Musk after the film. Musk even made a brief appearance in the second Iron Man installment.
In Iron Man 2 , tycoon Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) meets Elon Musk at the Monaco Grand Prix. It's a fitting moment, as Iron Man (2008) screenwriter Mark Fergus once told New York Magazine that Musk partly inspired the film version of Tony Stark due to their technological prowess, arrogance, and hotheadedness.
Musk has continued to draw backlash in recent years, most notably after he acquired Twitter for $44 billion, later rebranding it as X. The father of 12 has been accused of using his app to spread misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines and to support Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Despite the recent controversy, Downey Jr. doesn't entirely dismiss Musk's contributions to the tech industry. "You have to look at everything Musk has done to see why he's valuable," the Sherlock Holmes actor said.
Downey Jr. ended his role as "Iron Man" in the Marvel film Avengers: Endgame (2019). He will return to the series as the supervillain Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars .
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