Kicker - Making friends with Ant Man

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: This summer is one a Colorado boy will never forget, thanks to a call from a Marvel superhero.

It started when a Facebook post by the mom of 12-year-old Brody Ridder went viral.

She shared that most of her son’s classmates did not want to sign his yearbook. Brody even wrote a note to himself in his yearbook, writing: “Hope you make some more friends. – Brody Ridder.”

That’s when Ant-Man learned of the post and decided to reach out to Brody. Actually, it was actor Paul Rudd, who plays Ant-Man in the Marvel movies.

He got a hold of Brody’s mom and placed a FaceTime call to the young man.

RUDD: I heard about you, and I’m like, I gotta talk to this kid … Because this kid sounds like my kind of guy.

He also sent him an autographed Ant Man helmet and a note that read, remember that “even when life is tough … things get better. There are so many people that love you and think you’re the coolest kid there is - me being one of them!”

BUTLER: That is a Hollywood ending to Brody’s 6th-grade experience!

BROWN: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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