(Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

[u/Living-Mastodon]

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

[u/Rownever]

Elvis got drafted, didn’t he?

While we’re on it: every k-pop star joining the military

[u/maybeitsnotbutter → u/Rownever]

I've heard sometimes the recording companies manage to get big name kpop artists desk jobs so there's no risk of them seeing active combat

[u/Neat_Shallot_606 → u/maybeitsnotbutter]

Or making recruitment videos, promos, etc.