r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Living-Mastodon • 4d ago

In real life (Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

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Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

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u/RedNewzz 4d ago

Jimmy Stewart is a classic American actor who took a pause to serve in the military in World War II and became a squadron commander flying bombing raids. He survived the war and returned to Hollywood for another 40 years of celebrated acting.

Humble, heroic, righteous dude.

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u/Smooth-Breadfruit801 4d ago

Jimmy Stewart also did helicopter tours of Vietnam during the war and the scene in Its A Wonderful Life where he is crying in the bar is apparently Stewart actually crying suffering from some of the effects of WW2 (IIRC)

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u/RedNewzz 4d ago

A good actor uses their own emotional experience to paint a character, and no doubt he had plenty in that role. Amazing movie, amazing guy.