He may play a superhero on film, but Robert Downey Jr. is all too human in real life.
The 47-year-old injured his ankle while shooting a stunt on the North Carolina set of Iron Man 3, Marvel Studios said in a statement to E! News.
The threequel will briefly halt production until the star is back on the mend.
"Robert Downey Jr. sustained an ankle injury on the set of Iron Man 3 in Wilmington, N.C., while performing a stunt," the studio said. "There will be a short delay in the production schedule while he recuperates."
Expectations are running high for the eagerly anticipated sequel following the first two films' staggering global grosses, which topped out at $585 million and $623 million, respectively.
The Shane Black–helmed flick began shooting in May with a cast that includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall and Guy Pearce, and a top-secret plot believed to be inspired by the comic book's popular Extremis storyline, in which a scientist creates a drug that grants people superhuman abilities.
Filmmakers set the geekverse abuzz last month by screening teaser footage at Comic-Con that answered a few questions, including speculation that Kingsley is playing criminal mastermind Mandarin. (Yep, he is.)
Black told E! News at Comic-Con that half the film had already been shot, and that if they "don't f--k up the rest, it's going to be great." We bet!
Iron Man 3 hits theaters on May 3, 2013.

在熒幕上小羅伯特·唐尼（Robert Downey Jr.)可能扮演的是英雄，在現(xiàn)實生活中他卻是個完完全全的普通人。
漫威影業(yè)在一份聲明中表示，這位47歲的演員在北卡羅來納拍攝《鋼鐵俠3》（Iron Man3)的特技時不慎腳踝受傷。《鋼鐵俠3》的拍攝將暫停，直至這位主演從傷情中恢復。
于北卡羅來納的威明頓市拍攝《鋼鐵俠3》的過程中，小羅伯特·唐尼在完成一項特技時腳踝受傷。”漫威影業(yè)稱?！霸谒謴推陂g，拍攝日程將會短暫延期。”
在前兩部電影取得優(yōu)異的全球票房（分別是五億八千五百萬美元和六億兩千三百萬美元）之后，對這部備受關(guān)注的續(xù)集的期待也持續(xù)高漲。
這部由沙恩·布萊克（Shane Black)執(zhí)導的電影于五月份開始拍攝，卡司包括格溫妮絲·帕特洛（Gwyneth Paltrow),本·金斯利(Ben Kingsley),麗貝卡·霍爾(Rebecca Hall)和蓋·皮爾斯(Guy Pearce)。電影的機密情節(jié)的靈感據(jù)說是來自于漫畫中備受歡迎的'絕境'(Extremis)故事線,其中一位科學家創(chuàng)造了一種藥品，使普通人能夠獲得超人類的能力。
電影制作團隊上月在漫展上放映了一些先行鏡頭，讓死忠們都激動不已。預告片中也回答了一些問題，包括金斯利是否會出演超級反派滿大人（Mandarin)。(答案是“是！”)
布萊克在漫展上告訴E!News電影的一半已經(jīng)拍攝完成，如果他們“不把剩下的部分攪得一團糟的話，這部電影將會非常棒。”我們確信！
《鋼鐵俠3》將于2013年5月3日在影院上映。