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Puzzle #743: Anya Taylor-Joy → John Travolta

Friday, August 28, 2026

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On Friday, August 28, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Anya Taylor-Joy and John Travolta. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 12 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. Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke in Glass (2019), which also stars Bruce Willis as David Dunn / The Overseer.
  2. Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge in Pulp Fiction (1994), alongside John Travolta as Vincent Vega.

The full chain: Anya Taylor-Joy → Glass (2019) → Bruce Willis → Pulp Fiction (1994) → John Travolta.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Anya Taylor-Joy → Glass (2019) → Samuel L. Jackson → Pulp Fiction (1994) → John Travolta
  • Anya Taylor-Joy → Split (2017) → Betty Buckley → Carrie (1976) → John Travolta
  • Anya Taylor-Joy → Amsterdam (2022) → Alessandro Nivola → Face/Off (1997) → John Travolta

About Anya Taylor-Joy

Born
April 16, 1996 in Miami, Florida, USA
Film career
2014–2026
Widely seen films
22 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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

About John Travolta

Born
February 18, 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Film career
1975–2025
Widely seen films
63 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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