Robert Downey Jr. Became A Real-Life Superhero To An Old Woman

Then, Downey took off his linen jacket and rolled his sleeves. To Reinhardt’s surprise, the actor wrapped his jacket around the wound of her grandmother. “I watched the cream-colored linen turn scarlet with her blood,” Reinhardt said in her essay about the actor.

Then just like a superhero, Downey told the elderly not to worry and that everything will be alright. Reinhardt said that the actor knew how to calm her grandmother and how to distract her. “He held onto her calf and he whistled. He told her how stunning her legs were,” she shared.