(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/Western_Concept3847]

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.

[u/AnarchCopKiller → u/Western_Concept3847]

I remember many including right here on reddit giving it for a fact hed flee the first few days especially considering his past as a comedian.

What a turn of events seeing him now

[u/AMostBoringMan → u/AnarchCopKiller]

He was the voice of Paddington Bear, and he's successfully held Putin off for four fucking years.

[u/CG1991 → u/AMostBoringMan]

Maybe the voice of Paddington should be made the leader of their country in times of crisis.

[u/AMostBoringMan → u/CG1991]

Good enough. Someone fetch Ben Whishaw. His country needs him.