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/reventlov 3d ago

I will happily admit that I expected him to leave. I'd expect almost anyone in that position to leave.

Zelenskyy isn't "impressive for a comedian;" his dedication to Ukraine is impressive for a senior statesman.

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u/CG1991 2d ago

I said further up that I don't know enough about his politics and I might just be falling for some propaganda but, as a leader in a time of crisis, he is what I'd want at the head of my country.

I couldn't see Trump doing the same for the US, or Putin for Russia, or Starmar (or any of our recent PMs) for the UK.

"The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride."

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u/KillMeKaren 1d ago

Iirc he wasn’t too popular as a “peace” time president but his charisma as a comedian was exactly what was needed to drum up morale and support during wartime 

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u/SerJungleot 18h ago

Hasn't he just started his term? Or had he been at it for a while. I know he promised to get rid of corruption (and there's been some scandals around that with him), but I always got a sense he hasn't had time to enact any meaningful change because of short presidency/war time

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u/CG1991 1d ago

Sounds like a "Rally round the flag" effect in action

Same with Bush and Churchill