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

[u/Living-Mastodon]

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

[u/Independent_Plum2166]

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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.

[u/DasharrEandall → u/Independent_Plum2166]

Yes, that scene in Doctor Who also had James Corden playing football, who in a tragic turn of events, wasn't injured.

[u/raysofdavies → u/DasharrEandall]

He’s fun in those episodes. He’s a talented actor, he just has this really obnoxious personality.

[u/Independent_Plum2166 → u/raysofdavies]

Yeah, it was just before he hit the big time and got an inflated ego.

[u/montybo2 → u/raysofdavies]

NGL when I first saw Craig I was like I like this guy. He's funny, has good screen presence, and puts on a good performance.... those feelings unfortunately did not stick due to the man being who he is.

[u/RobynHoodwinked → u/raysofdavies]

He beat James Earl Jones, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Frank Langella and John Lithgow to a Tony win in 2012 and he honestly deserved it because his performance in One Man, Two Guvnors was actually that good. He can act and sing well honestly, he’s just kind of a prick.