Miles Bron (left), Edward Norton’s Miles Bron, has been compared to Elon Musk online.Netflix/Getty Images
Rian Johnson, the director of “Glass Onion”, joked that Netflix may have funded the takeover. Johnson said it wasn’t intentional and that the character reflected the general tech billionaire foibles.
Rian Johnson, the director of “Knives Out”, mocked that Netflix’s marketing department might have funded Elon Musk’s takeover at Twitter. This was after the film’s fictional billionaire was compared online to the real-life tycoon.
Johnson spoke out in a Wired interview on Friday to say that Miles Bron, played by Edward Norton, was influenced by Musk’s character in “Glass Onion”.
It’s just so strange. It’s quite bizarre. Johnson stated that Johnson hoped there wasn’t a secret marketing department at Netflix funding the Twitter takeover.
“Glass Onion”, a sequel to Johnson’s 2019 Agatha Christie homage, was created and shot in 2021. It was written before that. Johnson revealed to Wired that Norton was originally based upon a combination of tech billionaire personalities.
He acknowledged that the past year’s events, namely Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter, meant that the film was more like a portrait of the billionaire. Johnson was asked if he would ever make a sequel to the story of Twitter’s fall. Johnson replied: “Didn’t I just do that?”
“Glass Onion,” tracks a group hosted by Bron on his private Greek Island, where he plans to host a murder mystery party. Initially, he is portrayed as a genius figure who finances his friends’ operations. He plans to create sustainable hydrogen from “abundant” seawater.
As the film progresses, Norton’s character slowly becomes a narcissistic and stupid figure as revealed by Benoit Blanc, Daniel Craig’s detective.
Bron’s use of untested technology, the fact that he is the face of an unconceived company; and his frequent slip-ups has drawn unflattering comparisons to Elon Musk. Musk repeatedly claimed self-driving cars fully autonomously, settled a lawsuit regarding his role in Tesla’s founding, and spread misinformation about the pandemic.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Musk’s declining share price, Twitter blunders, and a wider rout of tech stocks all contributed to $132 billion in losses. Tesla’s share prices plunged. Musk’s chaotic leadership at Twitter has been also criticized. This has included botched product rollouts, warnings from European regulators, and other missteps.
Johnson stated in his Wired interview that Johnson had learned a lot about the tech billionaires who went into it. It is a strange relevance, however, in the present moment. My friend said that it felt like it was written yesterday. That’s a terrible, horrible accident you know?
Business Insider has the original article.
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By: rhogg@insider.com (Ryan Hogg)
Title: ‘Glass Onion’ director Rian Johnson jokes that Netflix secretly funded Twitter’s takeover as his fictional idiot billionaire draws comparisons with Elon Musk
Sourced From: www.businessinsider.com/glass-onion-maker-rian-johnson-compares-elon-musk-miles-brun-2022-12
Published Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:06:30 +0000
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