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Documentarian Alex Gibney explains how his four-hour film about Elon Musk took shape, from an early, mostly admiring view of Musk to a more critical one as Musk's political turn and Twitter behavior unfolded. He also covers why Musk refused to sit for an interview and how that and other people's fear of Musk shaped the film.
- Gibney started the project seeing Musk as an intriguing maverick inventor, and says the film's tone shifted as his public conduct escalated.
- The film was originally planned as a two-hour version, but Musk's involvement with Trump led HBO to push for more material, expanding it to four hours.
- Musk never agreed to an interview; he responded to outreach by calling Gibney a "douche" on Twitter, and many other insiders declined to go on camera for fear of lawsuits or career consequences.
- The host argues Musk's public image was shaped by coverage he never fully followed, and that footage in the film shows a side of him the host didn't see during their friendship.