The LOTR 'Kevin Bacon' Game

Lord of the Rings Trilogy Forum

Some of you may have heard of the 'Kevin Bacon' Game, well this is the LOTR Game. You have to start with a LOTR character, and link them to another character in LOTR by who they have been in films with, not including LOTR.

For example, an easy one, Boromir to Gimli

Sean Bean
(Patriot Games)
Harrison Ford
(Indiana Jones)
John Rhyss Davies

Next one, Saraman to Gandalf...

This would be alot easier if I knew what actors were in what movies...dang

Never heard of the Kevin Bacon game I don't think I would be very good at this game anyways

Looks ominous for the survival of this thread...

Is this how it goes?

Liv Tyler--Joaquin Pheonix (Inventing the Abbots)
Joaquin Pheonix--Russel Crowe (Gladiator)
Russel Crowe--Billy Boyd (Master and Commander)
Billy Boyd--Liv Tyler (Lord of the Rings)

Yep

I'll do Saruman to Gandalf then...

Christopher Lee -> Samual L Jackson (Star Wars Episode 2)
Samual L Jackson -> John Travolta (Pulp Fiction)
John Travolta -> Halle Berry (Swordfish)
Halle Berry -> Ian McKellen (X-Men)

This is hard...here's another one..

Legolas to Saruman

Orlando Bloom--Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Carribean)
Johnny Depp--Christopher Lee (Sleepy Hollow)
Christopher Lee--Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings)

I think you can use Christopher Lee in any string. He's been in so many movies.

Samwise to Aragorn

Sean Astin--Drew Barrymore (50 First Dates)
Drew Barrymore--Demi Moore (Charlie's Angels:Full Throttle)
Demi Moore--Viggo Mortensen (GI Jane)
Viggo Mortensen--Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings)

I watch a lot of movies.

Galadriel to Legolas

Cate Blancett--Geofrey Rush (Elizabeth)
Geoffrey Rush--Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Carribean)
Orlando Bloom--Cate Blanchett (Lord of the Rings)

Grima Wormtongue to Elrond

Brad Dourif--Jack Nickolson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Jack Nickolson--Keanu Reeves (Something's Gotta Give)
Keanu Reeves--Hugo Weaving (Matrix)
Hugo Weaving--Brad Dourif (Lord of the Rings)

Well, I guess it's not too hard once you get the hang of it!

Frodo to Bilbo

Elijah Wood -> Kate Winslet (Everlasting Sunshine)
Kate Winslet -> Dougray Scott (Enigma)
Dougray Scott -> Tom Cruise (MI2)
Tom Cruise -> Cameron Diaz (Vanilla Sky)
Cameron Diaz -> Ian Holm (A Life Less Ordinary)

How about we set each other ones to do Heather?

Okay!

Frodo to Elrond

Elijah Wood -> Jordana Brewster (The Faculty)
Jordana Brewster -> Cameron Diaz (Invisible Circus)
Cameron Diaz -> Tom Cruise (Vanilla Sky)
Tom Cruise -> Val Kilmer (Top Gun)
Val Kilmer -> Al Pacino (Heat)
Al Pacino -> Keanu Reeves (Devil's Advocate)
Keanu Reeves -> Hugo Weaving (Matrix)

Quite longwinded, but I got there

How about Bilbo to Elrond?

Got to think about this one.

Ian Holm--Holly Hunter (A Life Less Ordinary)
Holly Hunter--George Cloony (O Brother, Where Art Thou)
George Clooney--Sean Penn (Thin Red Line)
Sean Penn--Laurence Fishburne (Mystic River)
Laurence Fishburne--Hugo Weaving (Matrix)
Hugo Weaving--Ian Holm (Lord of the Rings)


Okay, that was difficult...here's one that's a little easier...

Frodo to Bilbo

I got it in 5 lines, it's a tricksy one

Ian Holm -> Jude Law (Existenz)
Jude Law -> Bob Hoskins (Enemy At The Gates)
Bob Hoskins -> Dennis Hopper (Super Mario Bros)
Dennis Hopper -> Lawrence Fishburne (Apocalypse Now)
Lawrence Fishburne -> Hugo Weaving (Matrix)

Frodo to Bilbo...

Elijah Wood -> Kate Winslet (Everlasting Sunshine)
Kate Winslet -> Dougray Scott (Enigma)
Dougray Scott -> Tom Cruise (MI2)
Tom Cruise -> Cameron Diaz (Vanilla Sky)
Cameron Diaz -> Ian Holm (A Life Less Ordinary)

Galadrial to Faramir

Good job...not the same string that I got, but it works! Give me another one.

Galadriel to Faramir?

HMMMMM

Can I do one of my own??
Nice and easy!

Galadriel to Elrond

Cate Blanchett --> Keanu Reeves (The Gift)
Keanu Reeves --> Hugo weaving (The Matrix)
Hugo Weaving --> Cate Blanchett (Lord of the Rings)

David Wenham -> Richard Roxburgh (Van Helsing)
Richard Roxburgh -> Tom Cruise (MI2)
Tom Cruise -> Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut)
Nicole Kidman -> Giovanni Ribisi (Cold Mountain)
Giovanni Ribisi-> Cate Blanchett (the Gift)

That took a lot of brain-wracking

Okay here's one...

Gollum to Sam

Andy Serkis -> Dougray Scott (Arabian Nights)
Dougray Scott -> Tom Cruise (MI2)
Tom Cruise -> Cameron Diaz (Vanilla Sky)
Cameron Diaz -> Drew Barrimore (Charlies Angels)
Drew Barrimore -> Sean Astin (50 First Dates)

Good job...your go

Arwen to Aragorn

I've jsut realised how easy that one is, I can get it in two moves Heather, you try

Liv Tyler --> Owen Wilson (Armageddon)
Owen Wilson --> Malcolm McDowell (I Spy)
Malcolm McDowell --> Viggo Mortensen (Hidalgo)
Viggo Mortensen --> Liv Tyler (Lord of the rings)

How about

Gimli to Legolas

John Rhyss Davies -> Sean Connery (Last Crusade) -> Steve Buscemi (Rising Sun) -> Ewan McGreggor (Big Fish) -> Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down) -> Orlando Bloom (Troy)

That was difficult

Gollum to Elrond

I'm going to have to do some research on this one...haven't seen too many Andy Serkis movies.

Andy Serkis>Jennifer Garner>(13 Going on 30)>Michael Clarke Duncan(DareDevil)>James Cromwell (Green Mile)>Hugo Weaving (Babe)


It was difficult because I didn't know that Michael Clarke Duncan was in Daredevel. I had to do some research.

Eomer to Legolas

I actually got the idea for this one while researching another one.

Hmm, I've done a little research on this one too.

Karl Urban -> Gabriel Burne (Ghost Ship) -> Gene Hackman (Enemy of the State) -> Gwyneth Paltrow (Royal Tenenbaums) -> Brad Pitt (Se7en) -> Orlando Bloom (Troy)

Let's try Pippin to Sam

Actually my Eomer Legolas string wasn't so complicated but, hey, yours worked too! Let's see Pippin to Sam....Hmmmm...

Billy Boyd hasn't been in a lot of American movies so this might take a while.

Billy Boyd>Russel Crowe (Master and Commander)>Meg Ryan (Proof of Life)>Sean Astin (Courage Under Fire)

Bilbo to Theoden