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Puzzle #745: Sandra Bullock → Chris Pine

Sunday, August 30, 2026

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On Sunday, August 30, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Sandra Bullock and Chris Pine. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 16 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. Sandra Bullock as Debbie Ocean in Ocean's Eight (2018), which also stars Anne Hathaway as Daphne Kluger.
  2. Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), alongside Chris Pine as Nicholas Devereaux.

The full chain: Sandra Bullock → Ocean's Eight (2018) → Anne Hathaway → The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) → Chris Pine.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Sandra Bullock → The Proposal (2009) → Ryan Reynolds → Smokin' Aces (2006) → Chris Pine
  • Sandra Bullock → Ocean's Eight (2018) → James Corden → Into the Woods (2014) → Chris Pine
  • Sandra Bullock → The Lake House (2006) → Shohreh Aghdashloo → Star Trek Beyond (2016) → Chris Pine

About Sandra Bullock

Born
July 26, 1964 in Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Film career
1989–2026
Widely seen films
43 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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

About Chris Pine

Born
August 26, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Film career
2004–2024
Widely seen films
29 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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