Michael Conner Humphreys, the child actor who played young Forrest Gump, has grown up to be just as brave as his loveable on-screen character.
Just like Gump, he decided to join the US Army in 2004 and spent 18 months on a tour of duty in Iraq.
Michael revealed in an interview with Mail Online that meeting the Marine Corps during filming inspired him to join the military.
He said: ‘Where we were filming was very close to Parris Island, the Marine Training Camp in South Carolina where all the helicopters that were used in the Vietnam scene came from.
