‘I play Wallace and Elon Musk – only one of them actually made it to space’
The Tesla founder may have fallen behind Wallace & Gromit in this generation's space race.
How do you follow up capturing the hearts of the nation with a new Wallace & Gromit film?
For Ben Whitehead, who took over the role of Wallace from late legend Peter Sallis, he’s gone in an entirely different direction – playing Elon Musk on stage.
The actor can currently be seen in David Morley’s Elon Musk: Lost In Space, which runs until Saturday during the Edinburgh Fringe at the Grand Theatre at theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall.
Speaking exclusively to Metro, Ben pointed out while there are some similarities between Wallace and Elon, the beloved inventor has the upper hand.
‘He’s got much more experience of going to space than Elon Musk, he made it to another planet,’ he quipped. ‘Come on! He’s doing much better.’
As well as flying to the Moon in A Grand Day Out, Wallace and Gromit also landed on Mars in 2023 VR game The Grand Getaway – so how can Elon catch up?
