{"id":1352571,"date":"2022-03-01T07:44:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T12:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352571"},"modified":"2022-03-01T12:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:52:57","slug":"zelenskys-odyssey-from-the-voice-of-paddington-bear-to-confronting-the-russian-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskys-odyssey-from-the-voice-of-paddington-bear-to-confronting-the-russian-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky\u2019s Odyssey: From The Voice Of \u2018Paddington Bear\u2019 To Confronting The Russian Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelenskys-odyssey-from-the-voice-of-paddington-bear-to-confronting-the-russian-bear%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1352571&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/pjimage.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The incredible odyssey of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who now has inspired the West to unite in their opposition to President Vladimir Putin of Russia, has gone from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10563809\/Zelensky-did-voice-Ukrainian-Paddington-Bear-movie-standing-Russian-Bear.html\">playing the voice<\/a> of the perennial children\u2019s favorite Paddington Bear in a 2014 film to confronting the Russian bear invading Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Born to Jewish parents in 1978 in Kryvyi Rih in east Ukraine, the grandson of a man who fought with Russia against the Nazis in World War II in a war where three of his great-uncles and his great-grandfather were killed in the Holocaust, Zelensky started acting at the age of 17.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, he created the Kvartal 95 team, which later became a comedy outfit. In 2003, Kvartal 95 started producing TV shows. In 2008, he started starring in feature films: \u201cLove in the Big City,\u201d \u201cLove in the Big City,\u201d \u201cOffice Romance: Our Time,\u201d \u201cRzhevsky Versus Napoleon,\u201d and \u201c8 First Dates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the Ukrainian dubbing of the film, he was the voice of Paddington Bear in \u201cPaddington,\u201d released in 2014, and \u201cPaddington 2,\u201d released in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in 2015, Zelensky starred in the TV series \u201cServant of the People,\u201d playing a high-school teacher venting against political corruption who became the president of Ukraine. In 2019, although he was initially seen as a joke candidate as he ran with a party set up by Kvartal 95, he was elected President of Ukraine with 73% of the vote. In the campaign he pledged to fight corruption and bring peace to Donbas, in southeast Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, actor Hugh Bonneville, who played Paddington Bear\u2019s foster parent Henry Brown in the films, tweeting to Zelensky, \u201cUntil today I had no idea who provided the voice of @paddingtonbear in Ukraine. Speaking for myself, thank you, President Zelenskiy. #PaddingtonBear.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Until today I had no idea who provided the voice of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paddingtonbear?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@paddingtonbear<\/a> in Ukraine. Speaking for myself, thank you, President Zelenskiy. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PaddingtonBear?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PaddingtonBear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5VaMi201Fs\">https:\/\/t.co\/5VaMi201Fs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hugh Bonneville \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@hughbon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hughbon\/status\/1498044445551439879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He added this tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8f28mWS6bO\">pic.twitter.com\/8f28mWS6bO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hugh Bonneville \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@hughbon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hughbon\/status\/1498204494244552708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The beloved character of Paddington Bear was created by British author Michael Bond and first seen in the 1958 book \u201cA Bear Called Paddington.\u201d He has been featured in over 20 books, with his old hat, battered suitcase, and duffel coat. The goodhearted Paddington almost always addresses people respectfully, calling them \u201cMr.,\u201d \u201cMrs.,\u201d and \u201cMiss\u201d rather than use their first names and often innocently winds up in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>When the film was released in 2014, the Paddington Trail was launched in London. In\u00a0November and December 2014, 50 Paddington statues were <a href=\"http:\/\/www-sc.visitlondon.com\/things-to-do\/family-activities\/paddington-bear-itinerary\">set up in London<\/a> and surrounding areas close to museums, parks, shops and key landmarks.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/must-watch-zelenskys-impassioned-speech-to-eu-prove-that-you-indeed-are-europeans-and-then-life-will-win-over-death-light-will-win-over-darkness\">impassioned, emotional speech<\/a> to members of the European Union on Tuesday, Zelensky received a standing ovation as he pleaded for acceptance to the EU, declaring, \u201cDo prove that you indeed are Europeans and then, life will win over death, light will win over darkness.\u201d As the members of the EU applauded, Zelensky raised his fist in a gesture of hope.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incredible odyssey of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who now has inspired the West to unite in their opposition to President Vladimir Putin of Russia, has gone from playing the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1352571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}