Princess Niece: Man Wearing Gown to Encourage Little Girl a True Prince

Jesse Nagy, a 26-year-old Detroit man, is in the spotlight after he dressed as a princess to take his 4-year-old niece Izzy to see the movie "Cinderella."

Nagy made his show of solidarity on Sunday when Izzy was nervous to wear her princess dress to the movie.

"She's like my mini-me," Nagy told ABC News. "I really wanted to spend time with her, so I said 'let's go have a princess day.'"

A photo of the two posted on Reddit by a theater employee had more than 2 million views as of Tuesday afternoon.

The professional actor said he has gotten more attention from the viral photo than from five years of acting, The Daily Mail reported.

Nagy Tweeted about the attention.

Just read a news article about my night from ABC! Im happy people are seeing the importance of family bonding and giving a little pride up

— Jesse F Nagy (@Jesse_Nagy) March 24, 2015

Twitter users commented about the story.

Some men just totally get it! http://t.co/IEME5ARTvM via @MailOnline Must be the world's greatest uncle. 😊

— Naomi Besselsen (@nbesselsen) March 24, 2015

This is beyond precious! 26-year-old man wears PRINCESS GOWN to the movies with his niece http://t.co/FcWe8hfXkv via @MailOnline

— Katiebabs (@katiebabs) March 24, 2015

The stuff life is made of, things money can't buy... http://t.co/ioyeJ2ZPsk

— Dinah Dunn (@me2cpa) March 24, 2015

I love men who are super comfortable with themselves and would do anything for the little girls in their life. http://t.co/fwSQkkxEWI

— Taylor Baird (@taylordbaird) March 24, 2015

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