![]() Ski Team, there was a fair amount of, you know, grief that follows that, and I just wanted to take a year off. That story begins with Bloom finding her way to underground poker. "That was the back-drop for a much more personal, much more emotional and much more inspirational story." Sorkin said Molly's Game isn't actually about the glamour of high-stakes poker. Molly Bloom and Aaron Sorkin, the film's screenwriter and director, spoke to NPR's Michel Martin on Weekend All Things Considered. They wanted to her to name the powerful men who played at her table - but she refused. ![]() prosecutors, who targeted her for her role in organizing illegal games. Eventually, she found herself in the sights of U.S. While looking for something to occupy her time before law school, Bloom stumbled onto the world of underground, high-stakes celebrity poker. The film Molly's Game (up for two Golden Globes on Sunday) is based on a memoir by Molly Bloom, an Olympic-level skier whose athletic career ended in a dramatic wipe-out. Jessica Chastain plays Molly Bloom and Idris Elba plays her attorney in Molly's Game. ![]()
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