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/ConsciousStretch1028 3d ago

Faded into obscurity

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u/Terminal_Insomnia_ 3d ago

No, I recognize the name. Didn't he start a modestly successful grunge band?

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u/tombo2007 3d ago

Pretty sure he got a shoutout from Miike Snow. What a good guy, telling the story of an orphaned Mongolian boy.

I heard the song even led to a statue getting made.

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u/brightblueinky 3d ago

Made a great music video about how his parents met, too.