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Puzzle #785: Ralph Fiennes → Chris Evans

Friday, October 9, 2026

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Chris EvansChris Evans

On Friday, October 9, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Ralph Fiennes and Chris Evans. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 24 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. Ralph Fiennes as M in Spectre (2015), which also stars Dave Bautista as Hinx.
  2. Dave Bautista as Drax in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), alongside Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America.

The full chain: Ralph Fiennes → Spectre (2015) → Dave Bautista → Avengers: Infinity War (2018) → Chris Evans.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Ralph Fiennes → The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) → Tilda Swinton → Avengers: Endgame (2019) → Chris Evans
  • Ralph Fiennes → Hail, Caesar! (2016) → Scarlett Johansson → The Avengers (2012) → Chris Evans
  • Ralph Fiennes → Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) → David Bradley → Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) → Chris Evans

About Ralph Fiennes

Born
December 22, 1962 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Film career
1992–2026
Widely seen films
60 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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

About Chris Evans

Born
June 13, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Film career
2001–2026
Widely seen films
39 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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