[pbreit]

The photo is not from the movie but Spacex's facilities were used to shoot scenes from Ison Man 2 and Elon has a small cameo. And it's been reported that Tony Stark is loosely based on Elon.

[steelaz]

According to wikipedia, Tony Stark made his first appearance in comic books in 1963, 8 years before Elon Musk was born.

[mkingston]

"And it's been reported that [the movie version of] Tony Stark is loosely based on Elon."

You could maybe search both sides of the statement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#Awards_and_recognitio...

[pbreit]

Right, yes, the movie version "was inspired by".

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/23/business/la-fi-mo-el...