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Puzzle #780: Carey Mulligan → Ryan Reynolds

Sunday, October 4, 2026

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On Sunday, October 4, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Carey Mulligan and Ryan Reynolds. 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. Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (2013), which also stars Adelaide Clemens as Catherine.
  2. Adelaide Clemens as Carnival Girl in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), alongside Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson.

The full chain: Carey Mulligan → The Great Gatsby (2013) → Adelaide Clemens → X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) → Ryan Reynolds.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Carey Mulligan → Public Enemies (2009) → Channing Tatum → Free Guy (2021) → Ryan Reynolds
  • Carey Mulligan → Pride & Prejudice (2005) → Matthew Macfadyen → Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) → Ryan Reynolds
  • Carey Mulligan → The Great Gatsby (2013) → Max Cullen → X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) → Ryan Reynolds

About Carey Mulligan

Born
May 28, 1985 in Westminster, London, England
Film career
2005–2025
Widely seen films
25 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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

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: