This is Round Forty of the Neverending Movie Chain. Feel free to jump in anywhere you want, post once or post as often as you want just don't reply to yourself. huh

For any new folks joining in <and new folks are definitely encouraged to do so> ...

We start by naming a movie, the next player to jump in has to name an actor in that film and the next to follow him/her has to name a different movie that actor was in.

EX:

Player one: Star Wars, Player Two: Mark Hamill, Player Three: Corvette Summer, Player Four: Annie Potts, Player Five: Ghostbusters, etc., etc.

Repeats are allowed but discouraged and there has to be a distance of at least five steps before you use a movie or an an actor a second time. No IMDb please <expect to look up dates of movies with identical titles or spellings of names>. grin

You need to follow the chain as it is drawn, no jumping. If we have Stephen Moyer on the table and someone plays Prince Valiant then the Prince Valiant you have to go out of is the one that had Stephen Moyer in it, no matter how many other movies out there are named Prince Valiant.

A clarification on play. We want to avoid using archival footage. For purposes of our game Dick Clark, Bob Hope, President Kennedy etc. Did not appear in Forrest Gump.

I won't make this a rule but rather a recommendation. Please avoid films that have not been released/aired in the U.S.

And just for the sake of putting it into the written rules mostly for sake of newcomers voice work (animated films) and made-for-TV movies are allowed but not mini-series.

Oh, and the idea is not to stump everyone but to keep the chain going for as long as possible.

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Here's a movie I watched this week, and boy are those extra 13 minutes painful! It was already far too long. Anyway...

King Kong (2005) Extended Edition

Jack Black

Just because of his epic speech, while tied up, in... TROPIC THUNDER

Tom Cruise. Hilarious in that movie. Wish he'd do more comedy.

Tom Cruise? Comedy? Does his cameo in Austin Powers - Goldmember count?

I think Michael Caine was in that one? And if you like Cruise in a comedy, try out Knight and Day, with Cameron Diaz. Fun movie!

Yes, Michael Caine was in that, although if we're going spy movies, he was so much better in

Kingsman: The Secret Service

(Cue Nem for his favorite actor next...)

Samuel L. Jackson! In one of his least recognised but actually most daring roles.

The Hitman's Bodyguard

Gary Oldman, who probably did comedy but is a very serious actor

He was funny in The Fifth Element.

But was Bruce Willis?

He was in that one and in Red

Staying away from this one as I recall killing a game with two Reds.

Helen Mirren

The Queen

James Cromwell played Prince Philip in that

James Cromwell is a solid actor. LA Confidential.

Lots of directions to go with that. I'll let someone else pick!

No takers? Fine. Russell Crowe.

Gladiator

Joaquin Phoenix

Oh, oh OHHHHH Joaquin was in... TO DIE FOR with...

Nicole Kidman

The Golden Compass

Daniel Craig

He was in KNIVES OUT

Christopher Plummer

Dragnet (1987) is a personal favourite. The Pagan Dance is still wheeled out at family gatherings to embarrass the kids.

That was the one with Dan Akroyd, I hope.

Dan was also in Coneheads!

LOL! I use the phrase "parental unit" all the time and had forgotten until now that's where it came from.

I know a few actors from that, but I think Adam Sandler provides the best potential.

One of my all time fav Adam Sandler movies is.. JUST GO WITH IT

Huh, I don't think I've seen that one.

Don't think I've seen it but I'm pretty sure I've seen a preview and I'm 99% sure Jennifer Aniston is in it.

I think of Jennifer Aniston and I think of Horrible Bosses. She's hilarious in that.

Kevin Spacey is horrible in that! In a good way!

Kevin Spacey was in my favorite Christmas movie (don't judge me) THE REF

I vaguely remember that movie but can't remember anyone at all in the cast.

I want to say Annette Bening but it's only a fuzzy picture in my mind. Not sure. So, someone else have a go first.

Denis Leary

I'm sure he's been in plenty of movies but I'm having brain-constipation and can only remember him in The Amazing Spider-man. That's the 2012 one, AquaDyne... with the Lizard.

The one with Tobey Maguire? Pretty sure I'm in the right decade.

No, wait. Not Tobey. He was earlier. This was NOT my move.

Emma Stone, who also stars in....

La La Land, one of my favorites

J.K. Simmons was in that one

Spider-man 2. 2004. Better luck with this one, AquaDyne.

Tobey Maguire!

OK, apart from those first Spidey movies the only other thing I can remember Maguire in is that hilarious trailer in Tropic Thunder. (Love that film. Own in on DVD.)

You don't remember him as the jockey in Seabiscuit (that was the main thing that reminded me how much earlier his spidey-days were)?

I do know that Mrs. Aqua's movie-crush Matthew McConaughey was in Tropic Thunder.

He was also in Fool's Gold!

One of Matthew's many movies together with Donald Sutherland

He was in the Italian Job (2003)

Jason Statham

Hobbs & Shaw

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Jumanji!: Welcome to the Jungle!

Jack Black

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

I'm pretty sure it doesn't need the year, but there was an animated series that spun off from it (and had a mostly different cast).

Jackie Chan!

Around the World in 80 Days!

Now, that one needs a year specified: 2004

Well done Mina, you know I'd get that one! (My SAGA character is inspired by Jackie Chan in that movie.)

In which Arnold Schwarzenegger also appeared as a hilariously weird Colonel Gaddafi caricature.

Nem, well I did play it with you in mind!


And Arnie was in True Lies

Tom Arnold

He was in other movies?

Yikes! Yes, I would've gone with Charlton Heston, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton or as a last resort, Tia Carrere (I can only think of three other films with her in though).

Tom Arnold was in lots of movies. Now if I can just remember which ones exactly.

I am sure if two but they are repeats. I’ll try to think of another one.

I do know another movie Tom Arnold was in, but it's a terrible action movie and not sure where it will lead us. So... here goes!

Exit Wounds

I'm stealing Mina's popcorn.

It was amongst the first of those lame action star teamed with rap star movies. 2001. If that helps.

Steven Seagal

Disappointed he didn't make it big on the big screen, and got relegated to direct-to-video.

I think the highlight of his career was Under Siege.

Tommy Lee Jones

JFK

Kevin Bacon!

Crazy, Stupid Love

It's been a week, so I think this one's kaput! AquaDyne, it's your honour, I believe.

You're kidding. Nobody else saw this gem of a movie?

Nope, never even heard of it! Not sure it had a cinema release here in the UK.

I vaguely remember seeing a trailer for it way back and thinking hard pass since it had gosling in it (not my fav actor).