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This is Round Twenty-five 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 Hamil, 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. We play this one on road trips and I don't know why I didn't think to start this up here years ago. It is perfect for the online community because you can jump in whenever and wherever or as often as you want.

Also feel free to add comments about the movies or actors mentioned if you like. Part of the fun is saying “Wow, I haven't thought about that movie for years.” or “I love Errol Flynn!”

I will occasionally be posting images with my plays but it is not a requirement and remember the more people who play the more interesting the chains become so jump in.

We will make our goal for Chain25 to exceed the length of Chain24 which lasted for a mind blowing 1660 steps. Previous to Chain24 the record was held by Chain18 which had 1440 steps in it.

Chain16 had 758 steps. Chain3 557 steps. Chain23 445 steps. Chain 22 345 steps. Chain1 had 215 steps, Chain8 201 steps, Chain12 173, Chain20 165, Chain11 163, Chain 17 120, Chain9 118, Chain5 had 111 steps, Chain2 108, Chain10 106, Chain15 103, Chain6 98, Chain21 62, Chain13 23, Chain4 10, Chain14 4, and Chain 19 a record breaking 2 steps.

Since it is December 8th, and the holidays are fast approaching, let's start Chain25 out with...



[1 step]

Darren McGavin

[3 steps]

Barbara Hershey

[5 steps]

Scott Glenn

[7 steps]

Stellan Skarsgård

Pierce Brosnan

[10 steps]

Die another day

Halle Berry!

X-Men: The Last Stand

[13 steps]

Ian McKellen

[15 steps]

Paul Bettany

Jennifer Connelly

[18 steps]

Dark City

Rufus Sewell. I own that movie. Love it!

The Legend of Zorro

[21 steps]

Catherine Zeta-Jones

[23 steps]

Treat Williams

[25 steps]

Ex, you need to play an actor who is in 1941.

Oops... I missed your post.

John Belushi

The Blues Brothers

[27 steps]

Dan Aykroyd

Hope I am not scuttling us with this because there are bigger easier choices but it is December 14th...



[29 steps]

Jamie Lee Curtis

[31 steps]

Denholm Elliott

[33 steps]

Karen Allen

[35 steps]

Charles Martin Smith

[37 steps]

Ron Howard

[39 steps]

Lauren Bacall

Mostly because I literally just finished watching it...

Harper

[41 steps]

Robert Wagner

Normally I would jump on a chance to play Prince Valiant here but in an effort to blaze some new trails I'll go with...



...filmed in the startling new multi-dimension of SENSURROND !

[43 steps]

James Coburn

[45 steps]

Audrey Hepburn

[47 steps]

I loved that movie, and Sabrina's father! Amazing actor... John Williams

To Catch a Thief

[49 steps]

I do like this character actress:

Jessie Royce Landis

[51 steps]

Martin Landau

Ed Wood!

Johnny Depp

[54 steps]

Lone Ranger!

Barry Pepper

[56 steps]

Nathan Fillion!

[59 steps]

Grey Damon!

I don't know who this person is, anybody else?

He was in the Possession of Hannah Grace - not a bad spooky film.

Not great by not bad.

Stana Katic was probably the best known person in that movie though.

She is not in very many movies, I only know one in fact...

Quantum of Solace

[63 steps]

Don she has been in a few... but Gemma Arterton was also in Quantum of Solace

Clash of the Titans (2010)

[65 steps]

While I detested that movie, it did have Luke Evans in it. I admit it, I thought the 80's version had more heart and a better storyline.

I like Luke Evans but he was in a string of less than epic remakes and re-tellings. Let's go with...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

...it is better than Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers and Dracula Untold and has a larger and probably more recognizable cast, especially in a role-playing forum like Dreamlyrics.

[67 steps]

Martin Freeman

Black Panther

[69 steps]

Andy Serkis!

[71 steps]

Daisy Ridley!

Kenneth Branagh

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Richard Harris

Somewhat cheating but... I love the franchise...





Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Not a problem the Potter franchise has tons of stars who are in things other than them. In fact one of the only 'British' stars of consequence, that I can think of off the top of my head, that wasn't in them is Peter O'Toole, who comes to mind bcause he was best friends with Richard Harris.


Robbie Coltrane

[78 steps]

While I would be tempted to do another Potter movie...

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

Still had Alan Rickman, Maggic Smith and a host of others ...


Ewan McGregor

[80 steps]

His big break was in Trainspotting.

Robert Carlyle

[82 steps]

Loved him as Rumple in Once Upon A Time! But he was also in Eragon

John Malkovich

[84 STEPS]

Ed Harris

[86 steps]

He's great in Westworld, but he was also in Rules Don't Apply

Candice Bergen

[88 steps]

Book Club!

Mary Steenburgen

[90 steps]

Malcolm Mcdowell

[92 setps]

I haven't seen this one in a long time, but how about:

Blue Thunder

Warren Oates

[94 steps]

Tough Enough

Dennis Quaid

[96 steps]