Who plays Peter Bash in dont look up?

Of all the outlandish characters in Don’t Look Up, reclusive billionaire Sir Peter Isherwell (Mark Rylance) might just be the most memorable. Isherwell is the founder of Bash, the tech conglomerate that — spoiler alert! — ultimately dooms the planet through a combination of greed and total incompetence.

Who is Peter Isherwell supposed to be?

And in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Rylance confirmed that while he looked at CEOs like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos for inspiration, his character Peter Isherwell is based in no small part on SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Is Peter autistic in don’t look up?

Peter Isherwell’s autistic characteristics are the only real reason given for his lack of morality. In other words, he is a bad person because he is autistic-coded. Autism was a short-cut to creating a villain.

Who is Peter Isherwood in don’t look up?

Who is Mark Rylance, the actor who plays Peter Isherwood? It’s no wonder Mark Rylance is so adept at pulling pieces from all of the world’s richest people, to create a Voltron of the wealthy. He’s an accomplished British actor who is widely regarded as one of the U.K.’s finest stage actors.