Kevin Bacon - another movie game

This game adapts well to the message board medium - and be warned - it's probably the hardest one posted to date!

The idea is to link two actors through a specifically stated number of movies. The question is couched in the form "A to B in 6" - where A and B are the names of the actors and 6 is the number of links in the movie chain.

For example:

Natalie Portman to Bruce Willis in 5

1 - Natalie Portman is in V for Vendetta with John Hurt
2 - John Hurt is in Alien with Sigourney Weaver
3 - Sigourney Weaver is in Ghostbusters with Bill Murray
4 - Bill Murray is in Groundhog Day with Andie MacDowell
5 - Andie MacDowell is in Hudson Hawk with Bruce Willis


It may well be possible to find a route from Natalie Portman to Bruce Willis in less than 5 steps - but that does not fulfill the requirement!


If you can make the chain, then you get the right to set the next Kevin Bacon...


Shall I start us off? Get your brains in gear:

Kate Beckinsale to Josh Hartnett in 6.

Luck!

(you'll need it!)

1 - Kate Beckinsale is in Underworld with Bill Nighy
2 - Bill Nighy is in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy with Martin Freeman
3 - Martin Freeman is in Love Actually with Keira Knightly
4 - Keira Knightly is in Pirates of the Caribbean with Orlando Bloom
5 - Orlando Bloom is in Elizabethtown with Kirsten Dunst
6 - Kirsten Dunst is in The Virgin Suicides with Josh Hartnett

Woohoo! I did it! This is harder than it sounds...

Next: Heath Ledger to Maggie Smith in 6 steps

(P.S. IMDB is your friend in this game )

My god, this game is hard.

1: Heath ledger - Brother's Grimm - Matt Damon
2: Matt Damon - Ocean's 12 - Catherine Zeta-Jones
3: Catherine Zeta- Jones - America's Sweethearts -Julia Roberts
4: Julia Roberts - Notting Hill - Hugh Grant
5: Hugh Grant - Love Actually - Alan Rickman
6: Alan Rickman - HP 1-4 - Maggie Smith


I seriously thought I couldn't do it. Gotta love imdb!

Okay here's mine! Tom Hanks to Eminem in 6 too!

gosh, even thinking of the next one is hard. Goodluck!

By the way, you will probably have realised that there can be more than one correct solution to these probelms. The route that Ducky came up with to the one I started with is not the one that I had worked out - but nonetheless she is still right - so please don't complain if someone works out an answer that is not the one you had in mind!

Just out of interest, this is my route:

1) Kate Beckinsale - Van Helseing - Hugh Jackman
2) Hugh Jackman - X Men - Ian McKellan
3) Iam McKellan - Lord of the Rings - Orlando Bloom
4) Orlando Bloom - Black Hawk Down - Ewan McGregor
5) Ewan McGregor - Start Wars II - Hayden Christanson
6) Haden Christianson - Virgin Suicides - Josh Hartnett



Now I must go think about this new challenge....

OK, just to prove that I can take as well as give it.....

Tom Hanks to Eminem in 6:

1) Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan - Tom Sizemore
2) Tom Sizemore - Passenger 57 - Wesley Snipes
3) Wesly Snipes - US Marshals - Tommy Lee Jones
4) Tommy Lee Jones - Men in Black II - Rosario Dawson
5) Rosario Dawson - Sin City - Brittany Murphy
6) Britanny Murphy - 8 Mile - Eminem


Here's my challenge:

Tom Hanks to Eminem in 3!

1. Tom Hanks - The Green Mile - Michael Clarke
2. Michael Clarke - Sin City - Brittany Murphy
3. Brittany Murphy - 8 Miles - Eminem


Here is mine: Julie Andrews to Jim Carry in 6 ^^

1 Julie Andrews - Victor/Victoria - Graham Stark
2 Graham Stark - Son of the Pink Panther - Anton Rodgers
3 Anton Rodgers - Impromptu - Emma Thomas
4 Emma Thompson - Love actually - Colin Firth
5 Colin Firth - Bridget Jones Diary - Renne Zellweger
6 Renee Zellweger - Me Myself and Irene - Jim Carrey


Arnold Schwartzenegger to Burt Reynolds in 4

1. Arnold Schwartzenegger - Around the World in 80 Days - Jackie Chan
2. Jackie Chan - The Medallion - John Rhys-Davies
3. John Rhys-Davies - Princess Diaries 2; Royal Engagement - Julie Andrews
4. Julie Andrews - The man who loved women - Burt Reynolds



New Challenge: Sarah Michelle Gellar to Dominic Monaghan in 5 ^^

Here's my route to the challenge I posted:

Tom Hanks - Cast Away - Chris Noth
Chris Noth - A Perfect Man - Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff - A Cinderella Story - Jennifer Coolidge
Jennifer Coolidge - American Pie - Alysson Hannigan
Alysson Hannigan - My stepmom is an Alien - Kim Basinger
Kim Basinger - 8 Mile - Eminem

My answer to Marie's:

Sarah Michelle Gellar - Cruel Intentions (MY FAVORITE MOVIE!) - Ryan Philippe
Ryan Philippe - Antitrust - Rachel Leigh Cook
Rachel Leigh Cook - She's All That - Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin - X-Men - Ian Mackellen
Ian McKellen - LOTR - Dominic Monaghan

Now the challenge:

Cameron Diaz to Hayden Christensen in 8

go go go!

1. Cameron Diaz - Shrek - Mike Myers
2. Mike Myers - Austin Powers - Seth Green
3. Seth Green - Rat Race - Whoopi Goldberg
4. Whoopi Goldberg - Sister Act - Maggie Smith
5. Maggie Smith - Hook - Robin Williams
6. Robin Williams - A.I. - Jude Law
7. Jude Law - Cold Mountain - Natalie Portman
8. Natalie Portman - Star Wars - Hayden Christianson

Yay!

Next:

Renee Zellwegger to Gary Oldman in 8 steps

Well done, Duck! :cheers:

Okay, here goes nothing...

Renee Zellweger - Jerry Maguire - Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise - War of the Worlds - Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning - Hide and Seek - Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro - Meet the Fockers - Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller - Starsky and Hutch - Will Ferell
Will Ferell - Bewitched - Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman - Stepford Wives - Glenn Close
Glenn Close - Air Force One - Gary Oldman

I can't believe I finally did it!! That is a nasty one, Duck!! Haha

Now:

Kate Hudson to Brad Pitt in 10!!!

Kate Hudson to Brad Pitt in 10

1. Kate Hudson - How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - Matthew McConaughey
2. Matthew McConaughey - The Wedding Planner - Jennifer Lopez
3. Jennifer Lopez - Shall We Dance - Richard Gere
4. Richard Gere - Pretty Woman - Julia Roberts
5. Julia Roberts - Notting Hill - Hugh Grant
6. Hugh Grant - Bridget Jones - Shirley Henderson
7. Shirley Henderson - Harry Potter - Alan Rickman
8. Alan Rickman - Love Actually - Keira Knightley
9. Keira Knightly - PotC - Orlando Bloom
10. Orlando Bloom - Troy - Brad Pitt

Heh, that was an easy one!

Next:

Jennifer Garner to Helen Hunt in 5 steps

1. Jennifer Garner - 13 oing on 30 - Andy Serkis
2. Andy Serkis - King Kong - Adrian Brody
3. Adrain Brody - The Village - Joaquin Phoenix
4. Joaquin Phoenix - Signs - Mel Gibson
5. Mel Gibson - What Women Want - Helen Hunt

Next:

Jack Black to Scrlett Johanson in six steps

1) Jack Black - The Jackal - Bruce Willis
2) Bruce Willis - Alpha Dog - Sharon Stone
3) Sharon Stone - Cold Creek manor - Christopher Plummer
4) Christopher Plummer - National Treasure - Sean Bean
5) Sean Bean - The Island - Scarlett Johansson


Bob Hoskins to Danny de Vito in 5


later: Oops - sorry - I just realised it should have been 6 not 5

IOcould do that....

1. Bob Hoskins - Hook - Julia Roberts
2. Julia Roberts - Notting Hill - Hugh Grant
3. Hugh Grant - Love Actually - Alan Rickman
4. Alan Rickman - Harry Potter and the PoA - Pam Ferris
5. Pam Ferris - Matilda - Danny DeVito

Bruce Willis to Michael Caine in 6

Bruce Willis - Sixth Sense - Toni Collete
Toni Collete - In her Shoes - Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz - Shrek -Mike Myers
Mike Myers - Austin Powers Goldmember - Michael Caine

That was four, but oh well.

Jennifer Anisrton to Robert Downey Jr. in 5.

jennifer aniston - friends-courtney cox arquette
courtney cox - scream - david arquette
david arqette - the adventures of sharkboy and lava girl - kristin davis
kristin davis - the shaggy dog - robert downey jr

wow i did it!
ummm... john hurt to orlando bloom in 5

cant link stuff GRRRRR