After a week-long theatrical run, billed as a “preview,” Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery arrives on Netflix on Friday, December 23rd.
The sequel to Knives Out (2019), again written, directed and produced by Rian Johnson, features a different cast led by Daniel Craigwho is the only actor to reprise his role from the original as master detective Benoit Blanc.
Edward Norton is one of the newcomers and plays Miles Bron, a billionaire owner of a large technology company that some fans say is a parody of Elon Musk. Some of them even flooded social media with comments that the character is a direct shot at Twitter’s new owner and CEO.
Compare: Edward Norton’s portrayal as Miles Bron in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has been labeled an Elon Musk parody by a growing number of social media viewers
One user took to Twitter to draw comparisons between the Bron character and Musk, writing: “Damn. Come to think of it, Edward Norton’s character is so reminiscent of Elon Musk,” which was also reported by NME
Another user tweeted: “Damn, really brave of Netflix and Glass Onion to call Elon Musk a complete jerk and still have a Twitter account.”
Someone else seemed to sum up some of the comments by writing: “Is Glass Onion a thinly disguised jab at Elon Musk?” [sic]’
Some people wrote their comments, addressing them personally to Musk.
“Elon, I saw you in the new movie Knives from Glass Onion! Fantastic performance!’ One person tweeted with obvious sarcasm in the words.
“I liked Glass Onion but it’s funny to me that someone was so mad at Elon Musk they made an entire movie to own him,” wrote another.
Ensemble Cast: Daniel Craig is the only actor who reprized his role in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Some fans pointed out that the film was in production as of June 2021, which was about six months ahead of the controversial 2022 release, and his insistence on Twitter shared that amount by April 2022 to a share of 9.2%.
“So #GlassOnion came about over the last two years or so. How did @rianjohnson and @EdwardNorton capture @elonmusk so perfectly at the end of 2022?” one person asked.
And then there were many users who asked the question: “Do you think Elon Musk knows that Glass Onion is about him?”
While Norton didn’t directly comment on the parallels between Mils Bron and Elon Musk in Glass Onion, the actor did share his take on the character, which once again sounds awfully familiar.
“Miles is the furthest thing from a real scientist,” he said entertainment Weekly. Miles will be very recognizable to anyone who has seen the WeWork documentation or the Theranos documentation. He has high self-esteem and is a symbol for the self-proclaimed technique Illuminati. Miles Bron never had an original idea in his life – that’s a good summary of him.”
Parallels: “Damn, really brave of Netflix and Glass Onion to call Elon Musk a total jerk and still have a Twitter account,” one of many users who flooded social media with comparisons between Norton’s Miles Bron and Elon Musk
In addition to Craig and Norton, the cast also includes Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista.
Like Knives Out, Glass Onion received critical acclaim, including rave reviews for the script, direction, performances (Craig, Norton and Monáe) and musical score.
The mystery film has already been named one of the best films of 2022 by the National Board of Review.
The original “Knives Out” earned $312.9 million at the box office on a $40 million budget, which is how much was spent on the sequel.
In its short theatrical run, the sequel earned $15 million at the box office, but the full figure has yet to be determined.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is now streaming again on Netflix.
Sarcastically tweets: “Elon I saw you in the new movie Knives from Glass Onion! Fantastic performance!’; This tweet is an example of viewers using sarcasm to point out similarities between Miles Bron and Elon Musk
Source: Daily Mail
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