OPINION
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Vol. 127, No.80 Tuesday, January 23, 2018
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Molly Bloom and actress Jessica Chastain during a BBC talk show. PHOTO COURTESY OF MOLLY BLOOM
Molly Bloom with writer and director Aaron Sorkin. PHOTO COURTESY OF MOLLY BLOOM
Molly Bloom (far left) stands with stars of the film ‘Molly’s Game’ Idris Elba (middle) and Jessica Chastain (right). PHOTO COURTESY OF MOLLY BLOOM
Former CSU professor’s daughter inspires ‘Molly’s Game’ By Nate Day @NateMDay
It’s not every day that your life story is turned into a major motion picture. It’s also not every day that your life story involves illegal drugs, the Russian mafia and a high stakes poker game. This is the case for Molly Bloom, the inspiration behind the major motion picture “Molly’s Game.” Molly Bloom, whose father, Larry Bloom, is a retired
Colorado State University professor, wrote a book detailing her wild adventure in 2014. The book, “Molly’s Game: From Hollywood’s Elite to Wall Street’s Billionaire Boys Club, My HighStakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker,” was recently adapted into a movie called “Molly’s Game” that was released in movie theaters on Dec. 25. The film stars Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom, Kevin Costner as professor Larry
Bloom and Idris Elba as Molly Bloom’s lawyer. It was written and directed by Academy and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. “It was so surreal,” Larry Bloom said. “Watching this story unfold in front of me was indescribable.” Molly Bloom said she had similar feelings when she viewed the movie for the first time. “Aaron (Sorkin) told me that I should watch it by myself first,” Molly Bloom said. “But I thought
it would be fine. Then when I saw it with my family, I was like ‘What was I thinking? This is an insane way to do this.’” Molly Bloom said Chastain’s performance is uncanny, right down to her fast-paced speaking and no-messing-around attitude. “There isn’t necessarily a resemblance between the two of us,” Molly Bloom said. “But the way she transformed and adapted herself was incredible.” Larry Bloom said both Sor-
kin and Chastain took the occasional dramatic liberty, but overall the performances and the accuracy of the story were “phenomenal.” Molly Bloom said she worked closely on the film’s development. “I spent eight months intensely working with Aaron (Sorkin) and his team during the research phase,” Molly Bloom said. “We had charts and vend diagrams everywhere trying to see BLOOM on page 14 >>