Pacific [Game] The Six Degrees

So this game is just for fun; no real prizes, just time to kill and relax.

The idea is the same as the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon; connecting two actors through other actors who have shared movies with them.

Sounds hard? At times it is.

Basically, you start out with a pair of actors. You then have to find links on how to connect the two in under six steps. If you manage to do so, then post a new pair.

Confused yet? Here's a sample.

Anne Hathaway and Laurence Olivier


Anne Hathaway was in Ella Enchanted with Cary Elwes.
Cary Elwes was in Robin Hood: Men in Tights with Patrick Stewart.
Patrick Stewart was in Wild Geese II with Laurence Olivier.


Get it?

Rules:
*Don't use those cheating websites that will do this for you. That makes it no fun.
*It has to be in 6 degrees or less (or 6 connections or less)
*You can only connect actors. Not directors/writers/composers. Just ACTORS.
*There are a million ways to link someone together. In the above one, I started out with 5 degrees, but then found a shortcut connecting two people and shaved off two degrees. There is no right or wrong answer.
*Once you successfully link two people, create a new match.
*For help, use websites like www.imdb.com or www.rottentomatoes.com.
*Have fun!



I'll start with an somewhat easy one.


Liv Tyler and Dustin Hoffman.

 

Liv Tyler was in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings with Lee Hartley
Lee Hartley was in King Kong with Matt Wilson
Matt Wilson was in Moulin Rouge! with Mark Hodge
Mark Hodge was in Scooby Doo with Rowan Atkinson
Rowry Atkinson was in Love Actually with Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson was in Stranger Than Ficton with Dustin Hoffman

So there's 6 degrees.

Mine to suggest
Shelley Winters to Ben Afflick

 

Shelley Winters was in The Portrait of a Lady with Viggo Mortensen.
Viggo Mortensen was in Lord of the Rings with Liv Tyler.
Liv Tyler was in Armageddon with Ben Affleck.




Owen Wilson to Macaulay Culkin

 

I can't believe that was done in 3

 

I'm pro.

 

Owen Wilson was in Starsky & Hutch with Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller was in Orange County with Catherine O'Hara
Catherin O'Hara was in Home Alone with Macauly Culkin


How's about.....

Carrie Fisher to Jamie Foxx

 

Carrie Fisher was in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back with George Carlin.
George Carlin was in Jersey Girl with Will Smith.
Will Smith was in Ali with Jamie Foxx.


Jessica Alba to Ke Huy Quan (Jonathan Ke Quan).

 

Ke Huy Quan was in The Goonies with Sean Astin
Sean Astin was in the Lord of the Rings with Orlando Bloom
Orlando Bloom is in Pirates of the Carribean with Keira Knightly
Keira Knightly was in King Arthur with Clive Owen
Clive Owen was in Sin City with Jessica Alba

OK so 5. I never said I was any good at this.

Jake Gyllenhall to Taye Diggs

 

Jake Gyllenhall was in The Day After Tomorrow with Ian Holm
who was in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with Sean Bean
who was in Equilibrium with Taye Diggs.


Nick Cage to Natalie Wood

 

Nick Cage was in National treasure with Harvey Keitel
who was in Pulp fiction with Christopher Walken who was in
Brainstorm with Natalie Wood.

Brandon Routh to Christian Bale

 

Brandon Routh was in Superman Returns with James Marsden
who was in X-Men with Hugh Jackman
who was in The Prestige with Christian Bale.



Ewan McGregor to Gene Kelly.

 

Ewan McGregor was in Revenge of the Sith with Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee was in Fellowship of the Ring with Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen was in Six Degrees of Seperation with Will Smith
Will Smith was in Wild Wild West with Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline was in In & Out with Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds was in Singin' in the Rain with Gene Kelly

and for kicks... Ed Begley to Ed Begley Jr

 

Ed Begley was in Road to Salina with Rita Hayworth
who was in The Wrath of God with Frank Langella
who was in Eddie with Whoppi Goldburg
who was in The Pagemaster with Ed Begley Jr.



Lindsay Lohan to Hayley Mills.

 

Lindsay Lohan was in the Parent Trap (remake) with Joanna Barnes who was in the original Parent Trap with Hayley Mills


Elvis Presley to Elvis Costello.

 

Elvis Presley was in Change of Habit with ED Asner
who was in ELF with James Caan who was in The Godfather
with Robert Duvall who was in Apocalypse Now with Dennis Hopper
who was in Straight to Hell with Elvis Costello.

one boss to another...

Marlon Brando to James Gandolfini.

 

Do I win the game? lol

 

LOL, sorry Dennis. I'm studying for a test, but I'll take a crack at it tonight.

 

Marlon Brando was in Apocalypse Now with Frederic Forrest
Frederic Forrest was in All The King's Men with James Gandolfini

Edited to add mine:

William Shatner to Christopher Reeve

 

William Shatner was in Star Trek with Leonard Nemoy
who was in Atlantis: The Lost Empire with Michael J. Fox
who was in Back to the Future III with Marc McClure
who was in Superman with Christopher Reeve.


Hank Azaria to Eva Gardner

 

Oh, so we're able to use animation films? Didn't figure that, my "workup" was harder! LOL

 

you mean Ava Gardner (Night of the Iguana)?

Hank Azaria was in Mystery Men with Geoffrey Rush
who was in House on Haunted Hill with Chris Kattan
who was in Corky Romano with Richard "Shaft" Roundtree
who was in Earthquake with Ava Gardner.

how about these two who aren't related:
Adam Baldwin to Alec Baldwin

 

Adam Baldwin was in The Patriot with Mel Gibson
who was in Lethal Weapon 2 with Joe Pesci
who was in The Good Shepard with Alec Baldwin.

William Hurt to Peter Sellers.

 

*AN OFF-TOPIC FROM THE GAME, BUT STILL SIX-DEGREES*

The Six Degrees of Keith Richards

My Dad had (I inherited) a classic Fender Stratocaster Guitar - one of the last made by Fender himself....

Which prompted a call by THE Keith Richards when I was little asking if Dad would sell it to him. (Dad declined..but they did talk about guitar playing for quite a while)

1n the late 1980's, The Rolling Stones played at the Hollywood Bowl, during which one of the cast of HUNTER, was in the opening band, which meant all of the people who worked on the show got backstage passes, which meant cause I worked on the show, I got backstage passes and this meant I got to meet Keith face to face.

Saturday night, Pirates of the Caribbean: World's End Movie Premier...Keith Richards walked the Red Carpet, I got to walk the Red Carpet about 15 people behind him. AND Keith is the inspiration for Captain Jack, which is portrayed by Johhny Depp, who I met during his time on 21 Jump Street, who is one of my acting inspirations, and now one of my costume characters... who I get to see both of them on stage together at the premier...and in the film!

And the final six degrees...Xavier Atencio who wrote the song and did the main voice for PotC the ride (which I was at during the original opening, and at the recent re-opening) looks exactly like my Dad..who started this all by having the Strat that Keith wanted to buy!!!

AND now back to your regularly scheduled Six Degrees

 

Wow!!! I killed the thread!!

 

Cuz you ain't playing the game.