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Puzzle #744: Chris Evans → Nicolas Cage

Saturday, August 29, 2026

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On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Chris Evans and Nicolas Cage. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 23 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. Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), which also stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver.
  2. Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass in Kick-Ass (2010), alongside Nicolas Cage as Damon Macready / Big Daddy.

The full chain: Chris Evans → Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) → Aaron Taylor-Johnson → Kick-Ass (2010) → Nicolas Cage.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Chris Evans → Avengers: Infinity War (2018) → Idris Elba → Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011) → Nicolas Cage
  • Chris Evans → Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) → Logan Marshall-Green → Snowden (2016) → Nicolas Cage
  • Chris Evans → Knives Out (2019) → Christopher Plummer → National Treasure (2004) → Nicolas Cage

About Chris Evans

Born
June 13, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Film career
2001–2026
Widely seen films
39 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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

About Nicolas Cage

Born
January 7, 1964 in Long Beach, California, USA
Film career
1982–2025
Widely seen films
100 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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