{"id":11902,"date":"2024-10-22T23:08:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T23:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11902"},"modified":"2024-10-22T23:08:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T23:08:11","slug":"robert-downey-jr-calls-out-elon-musk-telling-him-to-control-his-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=11902","title":{"rendered":"Robert Downey Jr. calls out Elon Musk telling him to \u2018control his behavior\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Downey Jr. has urged Elon Musk to ‘control his behavior’ despite admitting he’s only met him ‘a few times’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With his love for tech,\u00a0Downey Jr.’s<\/a>\u00a0Iron Man\u00a0<\/em>character Tony Stark\u00a0<\/em>might have a lot in common with\u00a0Musk<\/a>\u00a0– but the actor and the tech mogul don’t typically run in the same circles in real life.<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk is a staunch supporter of Donald Trump (JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

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While Musk has been busy appearing at\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0rallies, sending rockets into\u00a0space<\/a>, and discussing all of it on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, Downey Jr. sat down for an interview on for New York Magazine\u2019s\u00a0On With Kara Swisher<\/a>\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n

Swisher claimed in the interview that Musk had been ‘cosplaying’ Downey Jr’s\u00a0Marvel<\/a>\u00a0character, who first appeared in a movie in 2008.<\/p>\n

Tony Stark is of course based on the Marvel Comics character, but it’s worth noting that\u00a0Iron Man<\/em>\u00a0director Jon Favreau<\/a>\u00a0did admit in 2016 that Musk had influenced Tony Stark.<\/p>\n

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Tony Stark’s persona was influenced by Musk (Paramount Pictures)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Favreau made clear that\u00a0Iron Man<\/em>\u00a0is ‘based on the comic book’, but he told the Recode Decode podcast that Downey Jr. and Musk spent time together to ‘give us some insight into what it\u2019d really be like to be Tony Stark’.<\/p>\n

Favreau also noted that Musk allowed the director to shoot part of\u00a0Iron Man 2\u00a0<\/em>at\u00a0SpaceX<\/a>, describing the CEO as being a ‘very good friend of the Marvel family’ at the time.<\/p>\n

But with Musk now in the spotlight more than ever before, thanks both to his ownership of Twitter and his extensive support for presidential candidate Trump, Downey Jr. has expressed belief that he needs to reign things in a bit.<\/p>\n

He told Swisher: “I\u2019ve only met him a few times. I just wish that he would control his behavior a little more.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Downey Jr. urged Musk to ‘control his behavior’ (Michael Buckner\/Variety via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

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The actor went on to reference Musk’s plan to put humans on Mars, saying: \u201cThis idea of \u2018It\u2019s all okay because we\u2019ve gotta get to Mars\u2019 doesn\u2019t really hold water with me.<\/p>\n

But with that being said, Downey Jr. acknowledged that Musk has racked up some noteworthy accomplishments in his time.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to look at all that [Musk has] done that demonstrates why he\u2019s valuable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNowadays separating the individual from their behavior is a tough thing to do because hell is other people\u2014and that has been hijacked in this information age, to divide us rather than allow for discourse, debate, and dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n

As well as being inspired by Musk,\u00a0Iron Man<\/em>\u00a0screenwriter Mark Fergus told New York Magazine in 2022 that Tony Stark’s personality had also been inspired by Trump, as well as\u00a0Apple<\/a>\u00a0co-founder Steve Jobs.<\/p>\n

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