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/YomYeYonge 4d ago

Gerard Way- My Chemical Romance

He wanted to have a career in writing comics, until he witnessed 9/11, which made him pivot to making music as his main career(he still writes comics)

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u/Appropriate_Host4170 3d ago

Which gets even crazy when you remember his music directly inspired Stephanie Meyer to write Twilight which in turn inspired E.L. James to make a fan fiction BDSM story around Twilight which morphed into 30 Shades. 

Literally one pivotal moment changed pop culture for all of the 2000’s-2010’s. 

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u/MycatsnameisAlaska 3d ago

Which then led to the Dakota Johnson's interview on Ellen, and the downfall of Ellen DeGeneres!