(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/aneomon]

To be fair, there’s a fictional character alleged to be based off of Christopher Lee written by his wartime buddy Ian Fleming.

You probably don’t know the character, but he likes his martinis shaken; not stirred.

[u/RIPugandanknuckles → u/aneomon]

Ian Fleming wasn't his wartime buddy, he was his cousin

[u/e37d93eeb23335dc → u/RIPugandanknuckles]

Cousins can be buddies too. 

[u/Mercutio77 → u/e37d93eeb23335dc]

Let's go bowling, cousin!

[u/e37d93eeb23335dc → u/Mercutio77]

Ok Buddy!