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Puzzle #794: Chris Hemsworth → James Franco

Sunday, October 18, 2026

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On Sunday, October 18, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Chris Hemsworth and James Franco. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 26 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. Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), which also stars Stan Lee as Stan Lee.
  2. Stan Lee as Man Dodging Debris in Spider-Man 2 (2004), alongside James Franco as Harry Osborn.

The full chain: Chris Hemsworth → Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) → Stan Lee → Spider-Man 2 (2004) → James Franco.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Chris Hemsworth → Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) → Andy Serkis → Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) → James Franco
  • Chris Hemsworth → Avengers: Endgame (2019) → Paul Rudd → This Is the End (2013) → James Franco
  • Chris Hemsworth → The Avengers (2012) → Mark Ruffalo → Date Night (2010) → James Franco

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:

About James Franco

Born
April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, USA
Film career
1999–2024
Widely seen films
64 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

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