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Puzzle #765: Ryan Reynolds → Johnny Depp

Saturday, September 19, 2026

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On Saturday, September 19, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Ryan Reynolds and Johnny Depp. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 13 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. Ryan Reynolds as Wade / Deadpool in Deadpool (2016), which also stars Isaac C. Singleton, Jr. as Boothe.
  2. Isaac C. Singleton, Jr. as Bo'sun in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), alongside Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow.

The full chain: Ryan Reynolds → Deadpool (2016) → Isaac C. Singleton, Jr. → Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) → Johnny Depp.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Ryan Reynolds → The Adam Project (2022) → Zoe Saldaña → Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) → Johnny Depp
  • Ryan Reynolds → Free Guy (2021) → Channing Tatum → Public Enemies (2009) → Johnny Depp
  • Ryan Reynolds → 6 Underground (2019) → Manuel Garcia-Rulfo → Murder on the Orient Express (2017) → Johnny Depp

About Ryan Reynolds

Born
October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Film career
1996–2026
Widely seen films
47 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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

About Johnny Depp

Born
June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Film career
1984–2023
Widely seen films
61 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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