Elon Musk - The 2010 TIME 100 | TIME

By Jon Favreau, Posted 05/10/10

Link: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984745_19...

"Elon Musk makes no sense — and that's the reason I know him (says Jon Favreau, Director of Iron Man). When I was trying to bring the character of genius billionaire Tony Stark to the big screen in Iron Man, I had no idea how to make him seem real. Robert Downey Jr. (who plays Stark in the film) said, "We need to sit down with Elon Musk." He was right."