13 Mar 2015

Robert Downey Jr presents boy with an Iron Man bionic arm!

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Robert Downey Jr (YouTube)

Los Angeles - Just like Tony Iron Man Stark, Robert Downey Jr is a part-time superhero — at least in the eyes of one seven-year-old boy.

In a video posted online on Thursday, the actor, dressed as Stark, who becomes Iron Man in the movies, presents a working bionic prosthesis to seven-year-old Alex, who was born with a partially developed right arm.

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