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Puzzle #740: Ryan Reynolds → Kate Beckinsale

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

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On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Ryan Reynolds and Kate Beckinsale. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 19 actors have worked with both of them in their best-known films, so it can be done in just 2 moves.

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Play puzzle #740

The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), which also stars Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine.
  2. Hugh Jackman as Van Helsing in Van Helsing (2004), alongside Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious.

The full chain: Ryan Reynolds → X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) → Hugh Jackman → Van Helsing (2004) → Kate Beckinsale.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Ryan Reynolds → Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) → Jennifer Garner → Pearl Harbor (2001) → Kate Beckinsale
  • Ryan Reynolds → X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) → Danny Huston → The Aviator (2004) → Kate Beckinsale
  • Ryan Reynolds → Blade: Trinity (2004) → Jessica Biel → Total Recall (2012) → Kate Beckinsale

About Ryan Reynolds

Born
October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Film career
1996–2026
Widely seen films
47 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:

About Kate Beckinsale

Born
July 26, 1973 in Chiswick, London, England, UK
Film career
1993–2025
Widely seen films
45 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain: