Nicholas Hoult took it as a compliment when Elon Musk used an image of him playing Nikola Tesla in a post on X. 'Clearly a very convincing performance I gave here,' the actor said.

Nicholas Hoult playfully reacted to Elon Musk's post in honor of Nikola Tesla, in which the tech mogul used a photo of the actor in costume instead of the historical inventor.

Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla in 'The Current War' In addition to Hoult's Tesla, The Current War starred Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse.

Would the real Nikola Tesla please stand up? In a recent post on X, Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about his company's namesake, but rather than a photo of the inventor, who died in 1943, Musk shared ...