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Puzzle #776: Julia Roberts → Elijah Wood

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

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Elijah WoodElijah Wood

On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Julia Roberts and Elijah Wood. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 15 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. Julia Roberts as Evil Queen in Mirror Mirror (2012), which also stars Sean Bean as King.
  2. Sean Bean as Boromir in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), alongside Elijah Wood as Frodo.

The full chain: Julia Roberts → Mirror Mirror (2012) → Sean Bean → The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) → Elijah Wood.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Julia Roberts → Mona Lisa Smile (2003) → Kirsten Dunst → Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) → Elijah Wood
  • Julia Roberts → Closer (2004) → Clive Owen → Sin City (2005) → Elijah Wood
  • Julia Roberts → August: Osage County (2013) → Benedict Cumberbatch → The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) → Elijah Wood

About Julia Roberts

Born
October 28, 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia, USA
Film career
1988–2025
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 Elijah Wood

Born
January 28, 1981 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Film career
1989–2026
Widely seen films
50 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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