{"id":930218,"date":"2026-10-12T12:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930218\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:12:19","slug":"artificials-ike-barinholtz-on-his-menacing-elon-musk-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930218\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Artificial&#8217;s Ike Barinholtz On His &#8220;Menacing&#8221; Elon Musk Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/luca-guadagnino\/\" id=\"auto-tag_luca-guadagnino\" data-tag=\"luca-guadagnino\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luca Guadagnino<\/a> explored the rise of AI in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/artificial\/\" id=\"auto-tag_artificial\" data-tag=\"artificial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artificial<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/ike-barinholtz\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ike-barinholtz\" data-tag=\"ike-barinholtz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ike Barinholtz<\/a> explored the psyche of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" id=\"auto-tag_elon-musk\" data-tag=\"elon-musk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk<\/a> with his portrayal of the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/openai\/\" id=\"auto-tag_openai\" data-tag=\"openai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAI<\/a> co-founder. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile discussing how he got into character as Musk, the actor explained what made his performance \u201cmenacing\u201d but also \u201ca little ridiculous\u201d in the Neon film, which premieres Christmas Day in US theaters, starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWell, the good news is, I got to play him in an era where he was really kind of looked at as the next Tony Stark,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/2109403535192322545?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Discussing Film<\/a>. \u201cBut I had to do these scenes that are him kind of behind the curtain a little bit, so there\u2019s not like tape on it and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBarinholtz added, \u201cSo, we tried to make something that felt menacing to the people in the room, but as you pull out 37,000 feet down, looking down, it does seem a little ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPenned by Simon Rich, Artificial centers around the controversial firing and subsequent rehiring of Altman by OpenAI\u2019s board of directors within a span of five days in November 2023.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ike Barinholtz says his portrayal of Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino&#8217;s \u2018ARTIFICIAL\u2019 is just before he became \u201cmenacing\u201d publicly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got to play him in an era where he was looked at as the next Tony Stark but I also did these scenes that are him [menacing] behind the curtain.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DkvlTZjyeU\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/DkvlTZjyeU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/2109403535192322545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">October 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe cast also includes Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzman, Chris O\u2019Dowd, Mark Rylance, Zosia Mamet, Cooper Koch and Billie Lourd.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Luca Guadagnino explored 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