This game got stopped once, but now that there's a new place for games, maybe it can stay?

OK, it's pretty simple--it's a bit like Louise's movie and actor association game, except in this one, the challenge is to take a named actor or actress and link them to Dan within six films--trying to keep it as short a link as possible.

Example:

Steve Martin

1. In Pink Panther with Jean Reno, who was in
2. Mission: Impossible with Kristen Scott Thomas, who was in
3. The English Patient with our dear Ralph Fiennes, who plays Voldemort, so
4. Goblet of Fire!

And there you go--Four Degrees from Dan!

In this one, I could also have said that Kristen Scott Thomas was in Gosford Park with the lovely Maggie Smith, who plays Professor McGonagall, and it would have worked out the same.

So, make the link, or, if someone else did one and you can make it shorter, go for it! Whoever makes the last link picks the next actor--see if you can stump us!

Here's the first challenge:

Bruce Willis!

Have fun!

Okay, here goes. . .

1. Bruce Willis played RJ the raccoon in Over the Hedge with Eugene Levy as that turtle dude, I'm fairly certain.
2. Eugene Levy played a sales clerk in Serendipity with Kate Beckinsale.
3. Kate Beckinsale played Hero in Much Ado About Nothing with Kenneth Brannaugh as Bennedick.
4. Kenneth played Lockhart in Chamber of Secrets to our Daniel as Harry.


So, are you wanting us to wait for confirmation from others on these, or do you want us to just go ahead and post the next challenge? Pity we're not allowed to use directors/producers/composers. . .so much simpler then!!

In case you just want us to post. . .here's the next challenge!

Alexis Bledel

Happy Hunting.

I'd think we could all be pretty honest about it and assume a person did it right, so, yeah, I'd say you're free to announce a new actor. Thanks Janet!

Wow, this is a great game! Okay...

Alexis Bledel was in

Bride and Predjudice with...

Indira Varma who was in Basic Instinct 2 with...

David Thewlis(!) who was in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with...

Daniel Radcliffe

Oops, I forgot to do my actor (well, actress)...

Halle Berry

Halle Berry was in Swordfish with

Hugh Jackman who was in X-Men with

Ian McKellen who was in the TV movie David Copperfield with

Daniel Radcliffe.

Too easy!!! Ok my choice is: Colin Farrell

Collin Farrell was in Alexander with Angelina Jolie

Who was in Mr and Mrs Smith with Brad Pitt

Who was in Seven Years in Tibet with David Thewlis

Who was in Prizoner of Azkaban with Dan!



So, have a go at ... Jake Gyllenhaal.

(Hem, hem, um sorry about the undeclared edit... )

Oh! I was just about to reply! Can I say mine anyway?

Colin Farrell was in

The New World with

David Thewlis who will be in

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with

Dan Radcliffe!

Sorry, I really wanted to say that...

Okay, I've got the next one...

Jake Gyllenhaal was in

Bubble Boy with

Verene Troyer who was also in

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (as Griphook the Goblin) with

Dan Radcliffe!

I'm so sorry! I forgot the actor...

Johnny Depp... that okay?

Sure!

Johnny Depp was in Dead Man's Chest with Bill Nighy

Who was in Blow Dry with Alan Rickman

Who was in all the Harry Potter movies with Dan!



Ok, try Sean Connery...

Sean Connery was in Dragon Heart with

David Thewlis (or even Jason Isaacs) who was in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with

Daniel.

Come on guys...make them hard!

Harrison Ford.

Okay then...

Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones - Sean Connery - Dragon Heart - Jason Isaacs - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Dan Radcliffe!

Sorry, I copied part of your previous post!

Forgot the actor (again!)...

Renée Zellweger (probably very easy!)

Renee Zellweger was in Chicago with Richard Gere

Who was in Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts

Who was in Micheal Collins with Liam Neeson

Who was in Schindler's List with Ralf Phiennes

Who was in Goblet of Fire with Dan!

I could've gotten there sooner, but you know, that was fun.

Umm, ok, what about ... Julie Andrews?

Ha! i'm terrible at choosing good actors. Right...

Julie Andrews - Shrek 2 - John Cleese - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Dan Radcliffe!

I prefer the quicker way! Okay, try...

Orlando Bloom

Hmm, ok, darn, mine was easy...

Orlando Bloom was in Fellowship of the Ring with Cate Blanchet

Who was in Bandits with Bruce Willis

Who was in Die Hard with Alan Rickman

Who was in all the Potter movies with Dan!



Ok, ok, what about Omar Sharif? That ok, Tahra?

Ooh, tricky! Okay, we are allowed to do films that aren't out yet, ones that are currently being filmed... I hope so...

Omar Sharif is going to be in

10,000 B.C (currently being filmed) with Tim Barlow who was in

Kingdom of Heaven with David Thewlis who is in

Harry Potter (PoA and OotP) with

Dan Radcliffe!

Yay!!!

And the next actress is...
Amanda Bynes

Aw lol, I can do that! (Let's try to make it films that have been released already... I dunno, otherwise it's just too easy, because we already have a wide selection of HP actors to link to Dan). Ok, so:

Amanda Bynes is in What a Girl Wants with Colin Firth (I didn't mean to watch it, honest! )

Who is in Nanny McPhee with Emma Thompson

Who is in Prisoner of Azkaban with Dan!



Hmm, lets see... Charlize Theron

Yeah, sorry. I couldn't think of anything else! Anyway...

Charlzie Theron - The Italian Job - Donald Sutherland - Pride and Predjudice - Keira Knightley - Love Actually - Emma Thompson - Harry Potter PoA - Dan Radcliffe!

Okay let's try...

Ashton Kutcher... I'm not sure how hard that is.

I've got one for Ashton Kutcher, but I cheated (imdb - so tempting), so instead I'll have a go at improving your Charlize Theron one, Golden Phoenix.

Charlize Theron was in the Italian Job with Mos Def

Who was in Something the Lord Made with Alan Rickman

Who was in all the Potter movies with Dan!

That's better with one degree... Can I name an actor now, Darcy? I'm not sure if I understood the rules right.

Well, I tried... Are you going to post your one, or not? I want to try it again with a different actor!

According to Aethonon's (Darcy's) rules:

Which means that I can have a go ... I think.

Ok, so lets go with Julie Christie (hehe...). Unless of course, someone can beat my Charlize Theron one.

Hmmm...true. OK, I think if you can shorten it, you can do that for fun, but maybe the original answer's 'next actor' should stand. That way we don't get more than one thread going. Hopefully that's OK? Don't want to upset anyone. I just think the shortening of someone else's links could be done for fun. So where are we at? Ashton Kutcher? Julie Christie is so easy, because she plays Madame Rosmerta.

Sure Darcy. Yeah, I made it easy (but not everyone knows that)... just in case. Anyway, yeah, Ashton Kutcher is all good.

I was thinking we should still be on Ashton.

Here goes!

Ashton stared with Brittany Murphy in Just Married.

Brittany Murphy was in Riding in Cars with Boys with Drew Barrymore.

Drew Barrymore was in Charlie's Angels II with John Cleese.

John Cleese was in the HP films with Dan.

Ok here is a difficult one.

Jane Fonda

She was an actress at one time.

Good one, Greg! Lol, 'at one time'! She's still in the business, or I wouldn't have been able to reply...

Jane Fonda was in Monster in Law with Jennifer Lopez

Who was in Maid in Manhattan with Ralf Phiennes

Who was in Goblet of Fire with Dan!



Ok, let's see... Christopher Reeve

This link is pretty long but it's not too long (nearly was though)...

Christopher Reeve - Superman - Marlon Brando - Apocolypse Now - Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones - Sean Connery - Dragon Heart - David Thewlis - Harry Potter - Dan Radcliffe

I'm sure someone else can get better. The next actor is...

Leonardo DiCaprio... Easy!

Lol, I've got a shortcut. But yours was well done!

Christopher Reeve was in Remains of the Day with Emma Thompson

Who was in Prisoner of Azkaban with Dan!

Ok, Leonardo...

He was in Titanic with Kate Winslet

Who was in Sense and Sensibility with Robert Hardy

Who played Fudge in Prisoner of Azkaban with Dan!



Hmm, what about ... Dennis Quaid. B-rate actor if there ever was one.

Ack! Dennis Quaid!

1. Dragonheart with David Thewlis, who was in
2. PoA with Dan.

Gotta admit I loved him in The Day After Tomorrow though.

Here's one that might be a challenge---Charlie Chaplin!

Damn, I was beaten to it! I had mine all typed out and everything... Hmm, no idea for that one... i just had to edit my post so people wouldn't look at it rather than the one above!

Just a short comment: I saw yours Golden Phoenix - I thought it was well done! And to um, Mrs. Darcy here... you know that's as near to impossible as it gets, right? Only if I used imdb shamelessly would I manage it.

Thanks, but Aethonon's was much shorter and she got it first anyway! Anyway, she's off right now so I thought I'd just say that there isn't yet a rule on this thread that you can't use imdb (very useful site) so go ahead! Although I did go on it to try and find a link... it's really hard, and mine was far too long (about 9 movies I think)!

Okay, I'm going to get yelled at, I think. . .but I'm doing it ANYWAYS! (Though I won't leave a new actor in case someone can get to it without "cheating"

1 Charlie Chaplin directed A Countess from Hong Kong with Marlon Brando,
2 Marlon Brando who was in Don Juan Di Marco with
3 Johnny Depp who was in Corpse Bride with
4 Helena Bonham Carter who will be in Order of the Phoenix
5 With DAN!

EDIT: Oh, and I think there's an understood rule to try to do your best without using the IMDb or other web thingies as much as possible. . .It used to be a rule when we first had this thread, didn't it, Darcy? I can find lots of links when I go with directors, producers and such. . .but I think that's out too. Hence, this one's "cheating."

I don't think it is necessarily "cheating" to use imdb (that's what you did isn't it?) because most of these are too hard to do without it... unless you've watched almost every single movie ever made! Please post another actor!

LOL. . .I didn't use the IMDb, though I'm not above it if I get stuck. I'm just a movie buff (oh, and I use my husband, who knows more of those little tidbits of trivia than I do!). It's just kind of fun to try it on your own before you break into the IMDb. I'm still racking my brain to come up with an actor link . . .so I'm not posting until I or someone else comes up with one! (Or until Darcy gives me the go-ahead.) My cheating was because I used Chaplin as a director instead of as an actor.

My little piece of Imdb info, Janet - he actually was in that Countess of Hong Kong thing - he played a small role or something.

I think you can have it, really - that was well done!

Edit: Ah! 'An old steward' it says.

Yeah, that's what I thought you meant as well, I was a little confused when you said that you used him as a director because I used imdb and got the same sort of link (though mine was longer) but I didn't post it since it could be cheating.

Oh heck, please do use IMDb if it helps! Even then it doesn't always make it easy, especially with an actor who was around as long as dear Charlie! You should give yourself some extra brownie points though, if you can do it from memory!

One thing that blows me away is that Daniel hasn't even been in that many films, but he's worked with some really awesome people--the greatest film actors of our time, really. And I have never seen David Copperfield., so I had no idea he'd worked with Ian McKellan as well! So Janet, name another!

And this has been fun to read--I'm getting some great suggestions for films I haven't seen that I want to now!

Oh, yippee!! I suppose I should have checked it on IMDb and then I wouldn't have confused everyone! I have a biography around here on Chaplin. . .or wait. . . Half Price Books has the biography. Whatever. . .

So, next name!

Anne Bancroft

OK, this one's from memory, so maybe someone can do it in less?

Anne Bancroft was in

1. The Cowboys with John Wayne, who was in
2. Rooster Cogburn with Katherine Hepburn, who was in
3. The Corn is Green with...with...oh poo I have to check IMDb for her name, ack! With Patricia Hayes, who was in
4. A Fish Called Wanda with John Cleese, who plays Nearly Headless Nick in
5. SS/PS and CoS with Dan

~or~

4. A Fish Called Wanda with Jamie Lee Curtis, who played Dan's mom in
5. The Tailor of Panama

~or~

Patricia Hayes starred with Warwick Davis in
4. Willow who plays Professor Flitwick in all the
5. HP films,

which basically means I needed five films no matter what, I'm just being an annoying fancy pants!

Next actor:

the late great John Candy!

Okay. . .

John Candy was in Trains Planes and Automobiles (or was it Planes Trains and Automobiles?) with
1. Seve Martin, who was in the Pink Panther with
2. Kevin Kline, who was in Wild Wild West with
3. Kenneth Brannagh who was in CoS with
4. Dan Radcliffe.

Man, I love Kenneth Brannagh!

Next up is:

James Wilder (*I think this one might be evil. . .hehehehe, but I promise it can be done!)

Thanks to IMDb for telling me who James Wilder is (in light of it being 'evil'...) This is a long shot, but I get there in six.

1. James Wilder was in Face Value with Krista Allen

2. Who was in Anger Management with Jack Nicholson

3. Who was in About Schmidt with Christopher Plummer

4. Who was in Nicholas Nickleby with Juliet Stevenson

5. Who was in Truly Madly Deeply with Alan Rickman

6. Who was in all the Harry Potter movies with Dan!

Most of mine seem to go through Mr. Rickman. I am not one track minded. Never. Bet you've got a quicker one for us, Janet?


And um, try James Nesbitt.

Ohh.. Didin't see this lil' game until now! First wanna say.. I'm a movie encyclopedia, so is not a big chance for me to use IMDB Now...

James Nesbitt was in Match Point with Scarlett Johansson
Who was in The Island with Sean Bean
Who was in Lord Of the Rings with Orlando Bloom
Who was in Pirates of the Caribbean with Johnny Depp
Who was in From Hell with Robbie Coltrane
Who was in all Harry Potter movies with Dan!!

Now what about... Tom Hanks

Lol, nice one!

1. Ok, Tom Hanks was in The Da Vince Code with Ian McKellen

2. Who was in Rasputin with Alan Rickman

3. Who was in Philosopher's Stone with Dan!

I've turned this into 5 degrees of Alan Rickman plus 1 degree of Dan.

Ok, have a go at ... Sophie Thompson

Sophie Thompson - Relative Values - Julie Andrews - Shrek 2 - John Cleese - Harry Potter - Dan Radcliffe

Yay! Got it in three!

Ooops, nearly forgot the actor again...

Drew Barrymore

Okay, if Laurette gets them all through Alan, I'm getting them all through Kenneth!

Drew Barrymore was in Scream with
1. Matthew Lillard (I'm desperately hoping that's his name) who was in Love's Labour's Lost with
2. Kenneth Brannagh who was in CoS with
3. Dan.

This next one stems from my obsession with another movie with a cult following. . .might be challenging, but props to you if you can get it without IMDb. (Did I just date myself with the word "props" or what??)

Adam Baldwin (a guilty pleasure if ever there was one)

How do you get these without help? I guess I'm going to have to go without the props (what does that even mean?), I've never actually heard of Adam Baldwin...

Adam Baldwin - Serenity - Chiwetel Ejiofor - Love Actually - Emma Thompson - Harry Potter - Dan

Woah, that was pretty hard even with the help, can anyone get it any shorter?

Robert Forster (never heard of him, I just randomly clicked through IMDb, I'm so bad )

This was a hard one! I used IMDb...

Robert Forster, the face everyone knows even though we don't know his name.

Was in
1. The Black Hole with Roddy McDowell, who was in
2. Alice in Wonderland with Scott Baio, who was in
3. Bugsy Malone with Jodie Foster, who was in
4. Anna and the King with Tom Felton, who plays Draco in
5. Any HP movie you choose, which (Do, Re, Mi) takes...us...back...to..Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan Dan.

Five! Pathetic! I'll bet someone could do better than that!

Next actor:

Lou Diamond Phillips

Oh and 'props'--proper respect.

I had it a bit shorter...

Robert Forster - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - John Cleese - Harry Potter - Dan!

Okay, now yours (sorry, I had to used IMDb again )...

Lou Diamond Phillips - Hollywood Homcide - Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones - Sean Connery - Dragon Heart - Jason Isaacs - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Dan!

Hmm... 4 moves, probably possible in less!

Okay, what about...

Angelina Jolie

Oh, and thanks for defining props for me, Aethonon, I've never even heard it before!

Angelina Jolie was in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow with
1. Micheal Gambon who is in Harry Potter 3-5 with
2. Dan

Let's go with another actor from one of my favorite movies. . .

David Bennent

technical note. . .are we supposed to be numbering the actor we're linking Dan to and Dan? Because that would make this 4 instead of 2. ???

Incidentally, I had Lou Diamond Phillips through my man Ken as well. . .

Courage Under Fire-Denzel Washington (Much Ado About Nothing)-Kenneth Brannagh (CoS)-Dan

I guess I started by naming the movies, but I think you could name the movies only, or name the actors only, but not name both. I'd go with the movies, since Dan has been in how many? Only seven completed ones? It's kinda scary how we've managed to bring every actor to Dan in only, what--five films at most? Small film world!

So, David Bennent was in Legend, which is a lovely fantasy film, isn't it? Too bad all we Americans got to hear was the Tangerine Dream soundtrack--I heard the one they got to hear in Europe was much better.

So-
1. Legend, where he starred with Billy Barty, who played the Elwen wizard in
2. Willow, with Warwick Davis, who plays Professor Flitwick in
3. the HP movies in general, with Dan.

I didn't realise Kiran Shah was in Legend! Cool! I should find a copy of that. I'd like a copy of that, and a copy of Labyrinth.

OK, next actor:

Helen Hunt

gotcha passerby

David Bennent was in she hate me with Dania Ramirez
Dania Ramirez was in Xman the last stand with Ian McKellan
Ian Mckellan is in David copperfield with.... DAN!!!!

Hint our dear professer Mcgonagall was in this too!!

that was too easy. i was trying to get this started earlier and your rules are more laxed than how me and my friends play, we only allow theatre released movies no made for tv anything only theatres but anyway lets go with...a classic Yule Brynner

I think I must have beat you to the punch by only a minute or two, Bethany, so we'll have to go with mine--Helen Hunt. But please keep Yul in mind for the future, and welcome to the game!

And should we go only with theatre-releases? I know I used The Corn is Green which was made for TV but which I have on a very rare video. If we made it theatre-release only, it would complicate things, and this is 'almost' easy. I'd like to know what others think about the idea.