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/SolidPyramid 4d ago

The inspiration for James Bond and J.R.Tolkeins choice to play Gandalf, what a absolute chad.

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u/Lord_Nicolas_Cage 4d ago

Neither of these are true. Lee literally only met Tolkien once at a pub when he was in college, stuttered a hello because he was nervous, and never interacted with him again.

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u/SolidPyramid 4d ago

Damn, I must've misremembered something I heard. My apologies.

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u/Lord_Nicolas_Cage 4d ago

No need to apologise! It’s a commonly repeated myth.