Puzzle #761: Ewan McGregor → Emma Stone
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Ewan McGregor
Emma StoneOn Tuesday, September 15, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Ewan McGregor and Emma Stone. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 20 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 #761The shortest solution
Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
- Ewan McGregor as Lumière in Beauty and the Beast (2017), which also stars Stanley Tucci as Maestro Cadenza.
- Stanley Tucci as Dill in Easy A (2010), alongside Emma Stone as Olive.
The full chain: Ewan McGregor → Beauty and the Beast (2017) → Stanley Tucci → Easy A (2010) → Emma Stone.
Other ways to solve it
Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
- Ewan McGregor → Beauty and the Beast (2017) → Emma Thompson → Cruella (2021) → Emma Stone
- Ewan McGregor → The Impossible (2012) → Naomi Watts → Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) → Emma Stone
- Ewan McGregor → Stay (2005) → Ryan Gosling → La La Land (2016) → Emma Stone
About Ewan McGregor
- Born
- March 31, 1971 in Perth, Scotland, UK
- Film career
- 1994–2026
- Widely seen films
- 60 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)
Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Beauty and the Beast (2017) as Lumière
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) as Roman Sionis
- Trainspotting (1996) as Renton
About Emma Stone
- Born
- November 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
- Film career
- 2007–2025
- Widely seen films
- 27 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)
Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) as Gwen Stacy
- La La Land (2016) as Mia
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) as Gwen Stacy
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) as Sam
- Zombieland (2009) as Wichita
- Cruella (2021) as Estella / Cruella