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Puzzle #741: Clint Eastwood → Emilia Clarke

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

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Emilia ClarkeEmilia Clarke

On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Clint Eastwood and Emilia Clarke. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 3 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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The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Clint Eastwood as Frank Horrigan in In the Line of Fire (1993), which also stars Gregory Alan Williams as Matt Wilder.
  2. Gregory Alan Williams as Detective Harding in Terminator Genisys (2015), alongside Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor.

The full chain: Clint Eastwood → In the Line of Fire (1993) → Gregory Alan Williams → Terminator Genisys (2015) → Emilia Clarke.

Other ways to solve it

Show 2 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Clint Eastwood → Space Cowboys (2000) → Courtney B. Vance → Terminator Genisys (2015) → Emilia Clarke
  • Clint Eastwood → Trouble with the Curve (2012) → Seth Meriwether → Terminator Genisys (2015) → Emilia Clarke

About Clint Eastwood

Born
May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, California, USA
Film career
1964–2021
Widely seen films
49 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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

About Emilia Clarke

Born
October 23, 1986 in London, England, UK
Film career
2010–2023
Widely seen films
12 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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