The 6 Actors Who Could Play Elon Musk in Darren Aronofsky’s Biopic

Director Darren Aronofsky, the patron saint of edgy-dark fare like biblical horror film mother!, drugged-out nightmare Requiem for a Dream, and his latest, The Whale—which earned Brendan Fraser the Oscar for Best Actor—is reportedly on board to direct an Elon Musk biopic.

Aronofsky is a highly sought-after creative partner among Hollywood’s elite performers. Even if his films end up trending more toward melodramatic soup than quality stew, they tend to snag awards for lead actors like Fraser and Natalie Portman, who won Best Actress for 2010’s Black Swan. So it stands to reason that playing Musk, the famously absurd billionaire-technocrat, will be one of 2024’s hottest tickets.

Who among our highest-profile leading men should win out? Here are our staff’s top picks.

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