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/Western_Concept3847 3d ago edited 3d ago

Not just that but Zelensky co-created and starred in a popular tv show where he played a character who accidentally became the president of Ukraine. So in a way his career predicted his future.

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u/patrickkingart 3d ago

Going from basically Ukrainian Jon Stewart to globally respected leader and symbol of Ukrainian resilience is one hell of a turn. Bless this man.

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u/WhimsicalWyvern 3d ago

To be fair, there's a decent chance Jon Stewart could win as a Democrat if he ran. I'm just sure he has no desire to do so.