Did you know Elon Musk was the inspiration behind Netflix’s ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’? Apparently, yes! Netflix released the trailer of the much-awaited film, ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’. Daniel Craig returns as detective Benoit Blanc in the film, directed by Rian Johnson.
The film will be streaming on Netflix on December 23, 2022. The trailer shows detective Blanc taking on a new mystery case in Greece with a new cast of suspects. Read on to know more about how Elon Musk became the inspiration for the much awaited Netflix movie, ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’.
Read More: ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’: Cast, Plot And Release Date
Is Elon Musk The Inspiration Behind ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’?
In the movie ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’, a detective played by Daniel Craig investigates a murder on the private Greek island of tech billionaire Miles Bron. Bron, played by Edward Norton, is a brash entrepreneur and self-proclaimed genius who has made multiple fortunes with different companies. He delights in confounding those around him with his latest whims and riddles.
Since the mystery satire first premiered at the Toronto film festival in September, critics have noted parallels to Musk, who founded SpaceX, run Tesla and recently bought Twitter. Vanity Fair said the film skewered “the foolish, and at times dangerous, messianics of the tech industry,” calling Miles a “melange” of Musk and Steve Jobs.
Read More: Daniel Craig Net Worth 2022: How Much Wealth Does The ‘James Bond’ Star Have?
What Did The Director Of The Film Say About This Controversy?
Writer-director Rian Johnson (‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’) said the character was not based on just one real-life figure. He told journalists that “taking the piss out of any specific person just was not all that interesting.”
However, he said the movie was about “our relationship as a society to these Willy Wonka characters who we, on one hand, want to throw elephant poop at, but on the other hand… have some weird childlike wish that they will actually create a chocolate factory and solve all our problems.”
