Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and his life before politics, today many are learning for the first time he voiced his country’s version of Paddington Bear.Including original Paddington Bear star Hugh Bonneville.The 44-year-old leader – who has remained alongside his people in the capital to fight against the Russian invasion, posting defiant videos from the streets of Kyiv – was a comedian and actor and even appeared on the country’s version of Strictly Come Dancing before he moved into politics.We can only imagine Ukrainian film fans are all across Zelensky’s role as the sparky bear, but the rest of us are just making that solid, and totally game-changing realisation today.For the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war, visit our live blog: Russia-Ukraine liveThat was helped along yesterday by Bonneville – who played Henry Brown in the classic film (which also saw Ben Whishaw voice the protagonist for English audiences) – who wrote on Twitter: ‘Until today I had no idea who provided the voice of @paddingtonbear in Ukraine.‘Speaking for myself, thank you, President Zelenskiy. #PaddingtonBear. [sic]’Until today I had no idea who provided the voice of @paddingtonbear in Ukraine.
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