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Puzzle #779: Kate Beckinsale → Chris Hemsworth

Saturday, October 3, 2026

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On Saturday, October 3, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Kate Beckinsale and Chris Hemsworth. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 17 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. Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner in The Aviator (2004), which also stars Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn.
  2. Cate Blanchett as Hela in Thor: Ragnarok (2017), alongside Chris Hemsworth as Thor.

The full chain: Kate Beckinsale → The Aviator (2004) → Cate Blanchett → Thor: Ragnarok (2017) → Chris Hemsworth.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Kate Beckinsale → Pearl Harbor (2001) → Colm Feore → Thor (2011) → Chris Hemsworth
  • Kate Beckinsale → Underworld (2003) → Richard Cetrone → Thor (2011) → Chris Hemsworth
  • Kate Beckinsale → Total Recall (2012) → John Cho → Star Trek (2009) → Chris Hemsworth

About Kate Beckinsale

Born
July 26, 1973 in Chiswick, London, England, UK
Film career
1993–2025
Widely seen films
45 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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

About Chris Hemsworth

Born
August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Film career
2009–2026
Widely seen films
31 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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