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Puzzle #764: Jennifer Lawrence → Idris Elba

Friday, September 18, 2026

Jennifer LawrenceJennifer Lawrence
Idris ElbaIdris Elba

On Friday, September 18, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Jennifer Lawrence and Idris Elba. 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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The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Jennifer Lawrence as Aurora Lane in Passengers (2016), which also stars Chris Pratt as Jim Preston.
  2. Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), alongside Idris Elba as Heimdall.

The full chain: Jennifer Lawrence → Passengers (2016) → Chris Pratt → Avengers: Infinity War (2018) → Idris Elba.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Jennifer Lawrence → X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) → Peter Dinklage → Avengers: Infinity War (2018) → Idris Elba
  • Jennifer Lawrence → X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) → Michael Fassbender → Prometheus (2012) → Idris Elba
  • Jennifer Lawrence → Don't Look Up (2021) → Cate Blanchett → Thor: Ragnarok (2017) → Idris Elba

About Jennifer Lawrence

Born
August 15, 1990 in Indian Hills, Kentucky, USA
Film career
2008–2025
Widely seen films
26 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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

About Idris Elba

Born
September 6, 1972 in Hackney, London, England, UK
Film career
1999–2026
Widely seen films
46 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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