VIDEO: South African Iron Man shows his working superhero suit
The truth is... he is Iron Man!
Iron Man is one of the most iconic superheroes.
Robert Downey Jr. portrayed the role of the tech-millionaire turned superhero since 2008 when 'Iron Man' the Marvel movie was released.
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There have since been three stand-alone 'Iron Man' movies and the superhero has also appeared in six other Marvel films.
Tony Stark and his superhero suit is a much-beloved character and has a very large fanbase.
Iron Man is also not a born superhero with special powers and greatly relies on the capabilities of the armour that Stark wears.
Stark starts off with one red and gold suit of armour, but later movies reveal that he has many different variations.
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Of course, creating a suit like this is easy for a billionaire in a fictitious world.
It would be much harder to create this suit in real life.
Keanu Rust is a 21-year-old from Durban and has been a Marvel fan for as long as he can remember.
In a recent interview, he shared that he had put together a prototype of the suit seen in the movies, and he did it without spending millions of Rands!
In the video posted by seen.tv, Keanu explained how he was able to build it and that he started making Marvel props from a young age.
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He then decided to try and achieve his dream of creating a practical and working Iron Man suit.
The suit includes working guns, a missile launcher, and he can actually wear it!
Watch the full video here:
And this is what the suit looks like in action:
As mentioned, he is hoping to finalise the design and make it available to countries who are looking to purchase his creation.
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