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Musk and Altman React to Their Movie Portrayals

Forbes obtained reactions from Musk and Altman after they watched actors portray them in films, though their specific critiques remain undisclosed; billionaires rating their own impersonations seems efficient.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo billionaires, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, have now seen actors play them in movies, and Forbes asked what they thought.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThey watched themselves. Voluntarily.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorImagine a stranger doing your voice at a premiere. I would need a lie-down and a casting call.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorImagine the notes. The actor blinked wrong.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDrama Index time. I give it a seven, for the sheer nerve of a review.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSeven?

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSeven. The wigs alone were a crisis.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'd give it a ten, and they'd agree. No notes.

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