Six Degrees

Have you ever heard of the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? Basically the premise of the game is that you can connect any actor through their film roles to Kevin Bacon. The object of the game is to link them in six steps or less. Here’s an example I found on a fan website:

Carrie Fischer was in Star Wars with
Harrison Ford was in The Fugitive with
Tommy Lee Jones who was in Batman Forever
Val Kilmer who was in Heat with
Robert Dinero who was in Sleepers with
KEVIN BACON!

I was chatting with Nikki on IM and we wondered if you could do this with other actors. For example, we linked Lark Voorhies (don’t ask) with Michael Caine like this:

Lark Voorhies was in How to Be a Player with
Bill Bellamy was in Love Jones with
Isaiah Washington was in Clockers with
Delroy Lindo was in Cider House Rules with
Michael Caine.

See what I’m getting at, we did that in 4 steps. Another pair we linked was Charlie Chaplin with Bokeem Woodbine. That one was hard and we had to consult the IMdB for that one, but we got it done. I thought it would be fun to post a couple of these to see if you can link two actors who seemingly have nothing in common together in six steps or less. You down? Try to link these actors together.

Humphrey Bogart and Tyler Perry (I did it in 6)
Humphrey Bogart was in Casablanca with
Ingrid Bergman was in Gaslight with
Joseph Cotton was in Citizen Kane with
Orson Welles was in A Woman Called Moses with
Cicely Tyson was in Madea’s Family Reunion with
Tyler Perry

Barbara Stanwyck and Gabrielle Union (I did it in 5)
Barbara Stanwyck was in Double Indemnity with
Edward G Robinson was in Soylent Green with
Charlton Heston was in Any Given Sunday with
Jamie Foxx was in Breaking all the Rules with
Gabrielle Union
James Cagney and Ice Cube (I did it in 6)
James Cagney was in Angels with Dirty Faces with
Humphrey Bogart was in Key Largo with
Lauren Bacall was in Misery with
Kathy Bates was in Titanic with
Bill Paxton was in Trespass with
Ice Cube


Can you beat me? I’ll post my answers later if no one gets it. Here are a couple bonus ones. I couldn’t figure these out. Maybe you can get it..

Shabba Doo from Breakin’ and Gene Kelly (did it in 7, but that’s not good enough)

Fifty Cent and Sidney Poiter (also did it in 7 steps)

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