From Musk to Zuckerberg: Hollywood sees reverse from hero tech titans to villains
Source: Philstar.com
Published on: 2026-10-18 04:58
LOS ANGELES, United States - Hollywood has found its new favorite villain: the onetime heroes of Silicon Valley. From convicted biotech fraudster Elizabeth Holmes to tech giants Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman, the marquees are dominated by the headline makers who have wowed the world - and the markets - with promises of innovation. "These figures used to be more on the aspirational side," Monica Castillo, the film critic for the pop culture website The A.V. Club, told AFP. "They were larger-than-life figures who bootstrapped their way to multibillion dollar companies, and they were kind of seen as heroes who were like changing the world," Castillo said. "Then now... there's sort of a level of disillusionment." Castillo said the world is now asking "harder questions" of its tech heroes, adding: "There's a little bit more reflection because of what's happened with this gene...
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