Paul Rudd

Cassandra Cooper's 12-year-old son Brody Ridder was feeling down when nearly none of his classmates at his school in Colorado signed his yearbook. Cooper posted ...

Brody was so excited!” I can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’re going to accomplish. “I heard about you,” he told Brody. “And I’m like, ‘I gotta talk to this kid. “It’s important to remember that even when life is tough that things get better. “My poor son,” Cooper said in her May post. Despite Brody asking all kinds of kids to sign it.

Paul Rudd, who plays Ant-Man in the Avengers franchise, got in touch following a now viral Facebook post by 12-year-old Brody Ridder's mother, ...

He wrote: "It was great talking to you the other day. "Well, I'm very excited that I get to talk to you and I get to meet you!" Two teachers and a total of two students wrote in his yearbook.

He may well be tiny as Ant-Man in Marvel's Cinematic Universe, but actor Paul Rudd sure does have a big heart, as it's been revealed he penned a letter to a ...

A letter to Brody read: “It was great talking to you the other day. “There are so many people that love you and think you’re the coolest kid there is – me being one of them! So Brody took it upon himself to write to himself.

A bullied 6th grader caught the attention of one of Hollywood's most likeable actors, Paul Rudd.

And he also is founder of The Big Slick charity, which sponsors an annual sporting event to raise money for Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Hospital. and in true Rudd style, he simple answered: “And you’re mine.” I can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’re going to accomplish. Thankfully, older students in Brody’s school also decided to take action and sign the youngster’s book. There are so many people that love you and think you’re the coolest kid there is ― me being one of them! After all, the way kids are bullied comes in so many different forms, and being excluded can be so painful.

Not only did he treat him to a FaceTime call, he also sent him a handwritten note and a signed helmet belonging to his Marvel alter-ego.

“It’s important to remember that even when life is tough that things get better. He also wrote on his Ant-Man helmet: “To my good friend Brody for when he takes on the world!” I can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’re going to accomplish.”

A 12-year-old boy who signed his own school yearbook because the pages were blank has received a kind letter from actor Paul Rudd.

'Ant-Man' star Paul Rudd befriended a 12-year-old boy from Colorado after finding out that the little one's classmates refused to sign his yearbook.

"He cries to me pretty much every day," she added. According to ET, Brody's mom told TODAY Parents that her kid was 'brought to tears' after finding out that only two teachers wrote a message in his yearbook, while two other students signed it. The kid named Brody was reportedly bullied by other children at school, with nobody even agreeing to sign his yearbook as well.

Brody Ridder, 12, came home with a nearly empty yearbook. His mom's Facebook post about the experience caught the attention of other students — and one ...

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Hollywood star Paul Rudd changed one young boy's school experience after the bullied youngster had only two signatures in his yearbook.

In the touching message, Paul wrote: "Dear Brody, it was great talking to you the other day. The text message got me." I'm like, 'I gotta talk to this kid because this kid sounds like my kind of guy'."

Paul Rudd — aka Ant-Man — became a real-life superhero after befriending a bullied Colorado boy, Denver Gazette news partner KUSA reported on their website.