nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Wild And Daring, ‘Tesla’ Captures The Spirit Of An Unorthodox Inventor||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Ethan Hawke plays the famed Serbian American inventor in a new film that reminds us what a modern creature Tesla was — a figure from the past who never stopped pointing the way to the future.