Each of the 26 faces is a composite of the faces of two actors who have played the same character based on a book in a movie or tv series. The faces are in alphabetical order by character name. The character enumerations at the bottom are simply in order of increasing length; they must be matched to the correct face. No actor or book source is used more than once (there are multiple marvel comic book characters created by Stan Lee, but each from a different franchise).
The 2 numbers below each face indicate extraction indexes into the character name; the left index extracts an ordering letter A through Z, and the right index extracts the clue phrase letter. Placed in order of first index A > Z, the second set of letters spells out JOE HARDY IN DAMN YANKEES MOVIE. Joe Hardy was the only major role in the Damn Yankees film that had not been played by the same actor in the Broadway play; Tab Hunter replaced Stephen Douglass in that role. The answer is TAB HUNTER.
The pairs are listed below, in alphabetical order of character:
| Character | Order Letter | Extracted Letter | Actors | Book Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Cross | S | E | Tyler Perry, Morgan Freeman | James Patterson's Alex Cross series |
| Bilbo Baggins | B | O | Martin Freeman, Ian Holm | J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books |
| Charles Xavier | X | V | Patrick Stewart, James McAvoy | X-Men comic books |
| Cinderella | I | I | Camila Cabello, Brandy Norwood | Brothers Grimm and others |
| Daisy Buchanan | H | Y | Mia Farrow, Carey Mulligan | F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby |
| Don Quixote | Q | N | Peter O'Toole, John Lithgow | Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote |
| Dorothy Gale | O | Y | Judy Garland, Diana Ross | L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz series |
| Ebenezer Scrooge | Z | E | George C. Scott, Kelsey Grammer | Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol |
| Elizabeth Bennet | T | E | Keira Knightley, Lily James | Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies |
| Jack Crawford | K | D | Harvey Keitel, Dennis Farina | Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs series |
| Jack Ryan | R | K | Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series |
| James Rhodes | E | A | Don Cheadle, Terrence Howard | Iron Man comic books |
| Jean Valjean | A | J | Hugh Jackman, Dominic West | Victor Hugo's Les Misérables |
| John Dolittle | N | N | Rex Harrison, Eddie Murphy | Hugh Lofting's The Story of Doctor Dolittle |
| John Watson* | W | O | Lucy Liu, Jude Law | Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories |
| Johnny Storm | J | N | Michael B. Jordan, Chris Evans | Fantastic Four comic books |
| Lancelot | L | A | John Cleese, Richard Gere | Arthurian legend - many books/authors |
| Liet-Kynes | Y | I | Max von Sydow, Sharon Duncan-Brewster | Frank Herbert's Dune |
| M | M | M | Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes | Ian Fleming's (and successors') James Bond novels and short stories |
| May Parker | P | A | Marisa Tomei, Sally Field | Spider-Man comic books |
| Mikael Blomkvist | V | M | Daniel Craig, Michael Nyqvist | Stieg Larsson's Millennium series |
| Offred | F | R | Natasha Richardson, Elisabeth Moss | Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale |
| Robin Hood | D | H | Errol Flynn, Cary Elwes | Robin Hood - many books/plays/authors |
| Rooster Cogburn | U | S | John Wayne, Jeff Bridges | Charles Portis' True Grit |
| Vito Corleone | C | E | Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando | Mario Puzo's The Godfather series |
| Wendy Darling | G | D | Maggie Smith, Rachel Hurd-Wood | J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and subsequent works |
*Lucy Liu played Joan Watson in the tv show Elementary.