Kevin Bacon pops up in the large-ensemble “Patriots Day,” which failed to gain traction in the annual movie awards race. Still, his welcome appearance gives pause to revive his namesake “Six Degrees of Separation” parlor game. And what better time to play than with this season’s ostensibly disparate posse of Oscar acting nominees?
They cut a wide swath: A veteran French screen queen (Isabelle Huppert) — 16 Cesar nominations! — whose rare Hollywood detours include 1980’s legendary box-office fiasco “Heaven’s Gate” … a 20-year-old seeming newbie (Lucas Hedges) who looks like he’s still shaving peach fuzz … a British actress (Naomie Harris) who had to film her part in three days because of visa issues.
Diverse for sure, but connections abound in an industry built on, well, who you know. Our mission: connect, with six or fewer degrees of separation, each lead actor with one of his actress counterparts, and each supporting actress with one of her supporting brethren. Mostly we used professional matchups, but personal entanglements were fair game too. On that note, let the games begin. (And feel free to join in.)
***For extra points, Williams can easily be connected to Michael Shannon and Lucas Hedges as well. She starred in “Brokeback Mountain” (2005) with Jake Gyllenhaal, who appears with Shannon in “Nocturnal Animals.” And her old TV pal from “Dawson’s Creek” (1998-2003), Katie Holmes, was directed in “Pieces of April” (2003) by Peter Hedges, dad to Lucas.
jim.brooks@latimes.com
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