We’re in the brief lull before the awards season comes roaring to life, and one film that everyone will have their eyes on is Aaron Sorkin‘s “Molly’s Game.” It’s the directorial debut for the acclaimed screenwriter, and even more, it features Jessica Chastain in the lead role.
Co-starring Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O’Dowd, and Bill Camp, the film tells the true story of Molly Bloom, a beautiful, young, Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. Needless to say, trouble came her way.
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“I think the audience would definitely be rooting for Molly,” Chastain told EW about her character. “In the first five minutes, I will say, the opening of the film, it’s so strong, and from the get-go, we are with her. We learn a lot about her. I don’t want to give too much away, but I think it’s an incredible introduction to the woman that she is, and she makes some bad decisions, but I think her bad decisions, we don’t discredit her, or we don’t abandon her because of it. We still root for her because she’s a person who takes responsibility for her decisions.”
“Molly’s Game” opens on November 22nd.