back to article From Joaquin Phoenix to Rowan Atkinson, we enjoyed your Musk movie casting calls

Although Musk: The Movie remains on the drawing board, we were delighted by the reader response to our question of who should play the part of the great man himself. Sure, Will Ferrell and the medium of expressive dance might have won the day, but considering the squawks of incandescent rage being emitted in recent days, if we …

  1. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

    I don't know about casting current actors to play Musk or Zuckerberg but either would do nicely plaing James II & VII http://www.combermere-restoration.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/James_II_when_Duke_of_York_-_Lely_c._1665.jpg

  2. hitmouse

    Stephen Root in a mashup of his roles as Jimmy James (NewsRadio), Milton with the stapler* (OfficeSpace) and late-stage Monroe Fuchs (Barry) would capture it all.

    Maybe the next Xitter logo should be a red stapler.

    Soundtrack song: "Musktwat Love" opening with the America version, closing with Captain and Tennille.

  3. Boris the Cockroach Silver badge
    Meh

    Esteemed?

    Quote

    "we were delighted to note the esteem in which Musk is held. ®"

    Indeed, Musk is the living messiah, destined to take humanity onwards and upwards... anything he does is to be worshipped and revered, and no task set by him is too lowly for us mere mortals to do.

    <brief break while the nurse makes me take my medication>

    Naw Musk is someone who got a lucky break that made him pots of money, then spent too much time playing Kerbal space program while smoking said pot.

    But its great that hes working so hard to destroy X/twitler....so hopefully BBC news will have to go out and do journalism again

    1. Fruit and Nutcase Silver badge
      Coat

      Re: Esteemed?

      Musk is the living messiah

      He's not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy

    2. Blade9983

      Re: Esteemed?

      I think Musk wishes to become the Omnisiah of the Adeptus Mechanicus. He already surrounds himself with tech priests.

  4. PghMike

    Christopher Walken

    I'd vote for Christopher Walken to play Musk. Walken does 'psycho' pretty well, and the odd speaking cadence of his characters matches Musk's to a T.

    But Kermit the Frog also would be good -- odd speaking cadence, inability to make eye contact (no eyes!), same thin lipped smile.

    My wife says Walken's too old, though I think Musk looks a lot older than he is. She suggested Adam Driver, who also can deliver lines with a quirky cadence.

    1. zuckzuckgo

      Re: Christopher Walken

      >Walken does 'psycho' pretty well

      Maybe Christian Bale as in American Psycho but flabbier.

  5. PM.

    My pick would be

    Idris Elba !

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: My pick would be

      Idris would be perfect.

      A man of colour playing a white privileged South African

      The problem is that for most of the right in the USA satire is so woke as to be on the list to be exterminated like the whole LGBT community.

  6. Fruit and Nutcase Silver badge

    Elon Musk

    to play Elon Musk - there's no one better qualified.

    Wil still need a stunt double for the scene where he thrashes Zuckerberg in the cage fight

    1. Lurko

      Re: Elon Musk

      There would certainly be some cunning stunts in that cage.

    2. MachDiamond Silver badge

      Re: Elon Musk

      "Wil still need a stunt double for the scene where he thrashes Zuckerberg in the cage fight"

      Only in the movies

    3. Rafael #872397
      Megaphone

      Re: Elon Musk and Zuckerberg fight

      We have CGI. We have generative AI and deep fakes. WHERE THE HELL IS THAT MOVIE???

  7. Kevin McMurtrie Silver badge

    Why a Musk movie now?

    The live series is still running and viewing is free. The FY episode was pretty good.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Why a Musk movie now?

      They are already casting for the 2028 special where Musk runs for POTUS despite him not being allowed to by the constitution. His $$$$$$$$$$$ will make sure that SCOTUS forgets that little problem.

      Money can buy you the POTUS as Trump has proved.

  8. Bebu
    Windows

    although Musk does have a certain air of Blackadder about him

    Baldrick surely (with lashings of the prince regent.)

    Blackadder was reasonably intelligent but rather unlucky with his misfortunes compounded by the idiots around him.

    I don't really think Musk is actually very bright but fairly lucky with his good fortune compounded by the clever people around him,

  9. Bertieboy

    Basil fawlty surely.

  10. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

    "Although Musk: The Movie remains on the drawing board"

    Never mind the movie, what about the game franchise?

  11. John Brown (no body) Silver badge

    Olivia Colman

    Well, not sure she'd be good for the role, but I think there's a law that you're not allowed to make a film without offering her a part :-)

  12. Unoriginal Handle

    Ricky Gervais reprise of his role in The Office ( the original UK one). Hapless, clueless and completely unaware of the effect his words have on the world around him

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