{"id":72723,"date":"2016-05-27T09:55:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T13:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=72723"},"modified":"2018-06-27T16:45:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T20:45:19","slug":"undefined-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/undefined-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Man Keeps Promise \u2013 At Movie Set Hosts Boy He Met through UCF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. is again a real-life hero to one local boy.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Pring received an Iron Man-themed bionic arm thanks to UCF\u2019s Limbitless Solutions (<a href=\"https:\/\/limbitless-solutions.org\/\">http:\/\/limbitless-solutions.org\/index.php\/en\/<\/a>) last year. The volunteer student group built the arm, and the actor delivered it to the then 6-year-old in a surprise meeting. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oEx5lmbCKtY\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oEx5lmbCKtY<\/a>). The student nonprofit organization has since then delivered more than 18 arms to children nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Downey asked Alex if he would like to visit the movie set when the Marvel Comics team got together for the filming of \u201cCaptain America: Civil War.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Downey kept his word several months later and hosted Alex and his family on set in Atlanta. As a summer gift to the family, Downey\u2019s team this week sent the Groveland boy a series of photos from the visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a huge fan,\u201d said Alex\u2019s mom, Alyson Pring. \u201cMr. Downey not only kept his word but made Alex feel very special during the visit, taking time to talk to him and really giving him his full attention. And you should have seen the reaction when Alex gave him a special gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alex, now 8, loves bow ties and often wears them. When he first met Downey in March 2015, the actor commented that he loved bow ties, too. So Alex asked his family to buy the actor a red tie to match his own. Alex then made a special gift box to put the tie in and nervously presented it to the actor when they arrived on the set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Downey] made such a big deal over it,\u201d Alyson Pring said. \u201cHe said it was the \u2018best gift ever\u2019 and that really made my son feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left size-thumbnail img-fluid wp-image-72731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9823-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9823\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"float-left size-thumbnail img-fluid wp-image-72731 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"IMG_9823\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_9823-150x150.jpg\">During the visit, Downey also arranged for Alex to check out a few movie props including masks of Iron Man and War Machine, another superhero, as well as Captain America\u2019s shield. At the end of the day, Downey surprised Alex by introducing him to his friend Chris Evans, the actor who portrays Captain America.<\/p>\n<p>Alex and his family have watched Marvel\u2019s newest movie, well, at least several times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Evans was really nice,\u201d Alyson Pring said. \u201cThey are all incredible people. But we are, of course, team Iron Man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. is again a real-life hero to one local boy. Alex Pring received an Iron Man-themed bionic arm thanks to UCF\u2019s Limbitless Solutions (http:\/\/limbitless-solutions.org\/index.php\/en\/) last year. The volunteer student group built the arm, and the actor delivered it to the then 6-year-old in a surprise meeting. (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oEx5lmbCKtY). 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