Paul Rudd to the rescue: ‘Ant-Man’ star befriends boy, 12, whose classmates refused to sign yearbook

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — A lot can change in a few weeks.

Brody Ridder recently made headlines when the majority of his classmates refused to sign the 12-year-old Colorado boy’s yearbook.

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Local high schoolers caught wind of the slight after Ridder’s mother shared his story via social media, including the missive he wrote himself after only two teachers wrote messages and two classmates signed their names only.

“Hope you make some more friends. — Brody Ridder,” he wrote.

Enter “Ant-Man” himself, Paul Rudd.

Brody’s mother, Cassandra Cooper, told “Today” that Rudd came across the story, prompting a FaceTime call with her son last week, ET reported.

Following their FaceTime chat, Rudd sent Brody a care package that included a note that read, “It was great talking to you the other day. It’s important to remember that even when life is tough that 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!”

The Marvel hero also sent along an “Ant-Man” helmet signed, “For my good friend Brody when he takes over the world.”

NJ.com shared a bit of the exchange between Brody and Rudd, a Passaic, New Jersey, native, after Cooper posted video on Facebook.

“I heard about you,” Rudd, 53, told Brody. “And I’m like, ‘I gotta talk to this kid. Because this kid sounds like my kind of guy — likes chess, likes fencing, likes dinosaurs.’ Am I right?”

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In a follow-up text after Rudd sent the aforementioned care package, Brody wrote, “”(You’re) my favorite superhero,” NJ.com reported.

“You’re mine,” Rudd replied.

Meanwhile, the cast of “Dear Evan Hansen” also invited Brody to see their Broadway show and promised, in a video message, to sign his yearbook, NJ.com reported.

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