Two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain is set to star in the lead role of Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming film based on the poker memoir Molly’s Game: From Hollywood’s Elite to Wall Street’s Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker.
The one thing I love about playing poker is it cuts the class system to shreds. One minute you are playing against a steelworker from Port Talbot, the next you are sitting next to a world class actor from Hollywood.
The poker table is a magnet for Hollywood actors and actresses. Some like the action, others need the table time to prepare for upcoming roles. One such actress who may need to get some table time under her fingernails is the star of Interstellar, The Martian and Zero Dark Thirty: Jessica Chastain.
According to The Wrap, acclaimed screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has offered the two-time Academy Award nominee the leading role in his film adaptation of the memoir with the longest title in the world: Molly’s Game: From Hollywood’s Elite to Wall Street’s Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker.