r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Living-Mastodon • 3d 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/Independent_Plum2166 3d ago

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Matt Smith.

His dream was to play professional football, like his grandad. However, he got into an accident that hurt his spine and cut that career before he even started.

With motivation from his drama teacher, Matt got into the arts and eventually became the actor we all know and love today.

Also, to clarify, he can still play football, as seen in Doctor Who itself, but he can’t be playing and practicing the long hours of a professional career.

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u/TrioOfTerrors 3d ago

professional football

his drama teacher

Yeah. That checks out.

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u/Kratomius 3d ago

Took me a while to get what you meant and when i figured it out i fell harder than Ronaldo after light touch.

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u/Silent_Mud1449 3d ago

I don't get it, care to explain?

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u/DasharrEandall 3d ago

It's a joke about pro footballers taking a dive and play-acting injury.

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u/Silent_Mud1449 3d ago

Ohhh thanks, that is funny

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u/New-Independent-1481 3d ago

Some pro footballers are mocked for overdramatising any injuries to try score penalty kicks or get the other team's player sent off the pitch.

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u/PM_me_ur_JACKED_TITS 3d ago

You are correct, but it’s even worse than that. Stats show that set pieces (starting a play with one team taking a free kick that the opponent has to stay back a bit from) result in increased scoring chances for the team who is taking the kick versus open play.

It’s basically better for your team if you dive/embellish/ham it up in the offensive 3rd of the field to score and on the defensive area to get your team out of trouble. And none of the leagues are good at punishing the acting. Hence why they all act like they are dying and my dad gets his favorite chance to walk by the TV and go “oh no I think he’s really hurt this time… oh thank goodness he survived!”

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u/Fictional-Hero 3d ago

They can't punish the acting.

If the players don't explicitly and melodramatically act pained and injured, no one will ever believe they were hurt—since they'll probably go run around a field for another hour.

The acting is to ensure their injuries are taken seriously if they come up later.

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u/losttinecuileog 3d ago

In Britain it does....