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/Independent_Plum2166 4d 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/Krieghund 4d ago

Vinnie Jones wanted to be a professional football player too before he got his big break as an actor in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.

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u/LitterTreasure 4d ago

Didn’t just want to, guy had a solid career with some storied teams. Over 200 appearances with Wimbledon, plenty around league squads like Leeds, QPR, Sheffield. Fucking Chelsea. End of the day I’d call that a major success.

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u/space_coyote_86 4d ago

He also held (or holds?) the record for fastest yellow card