rosemary: the film obviously based on the book "molly's game" by molly bloom.t talks about her life running high stakes poker in hollywood. what's that process like working with molly bloom turning her story into a movie? aaron: the first time i met with molly, frankly i wasn't expecting much. i thought i was going to be meeting someone who was cashing in on their decade long brush with celebrity, and that wasn't something i wanted to write a movie about. but within about 10 minutes, she had knocked my socks off. i tend to write very romantically very idealistically. and what she did was like ringing the dinner bell for me. she was given the opportunity to be given all of her money back after the fbi seized it if only she would spill some gossip about the people who were in the games, and she refused to do that. she was given the opportunity to guarantee her own freedom and stay out of jail if only she would spill some of the gossip about the people who were in the game. and she wouldn't do that. and beyond that, there's a very interesting story about her relat

so then -- i didn't even know -- i read articles about this story and this girl, molly, molly bloom,'re done with you, we don't need you in this game anymore, and it's like her whole -- she has no job, and her just -- she's just gone. so she gets into depression, she has a spin, gets on drugs, then goes you know what, i'm gonna start a high-end exclusive game in new york. >> yep. >> jimmy: that's where it gets crazy. >> it gets crazy. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i mean, no -- no hollywood actors showed up at this one. this is like -- >> well some sports guys did. >> jimmy: oh, yeah, yeah. >> because, you know new york doesn't necessarily have actors but they have some yankees, right? >> jimmy: they also have some mets, right, you guys? [ cheers ] mets weren't even invited to the high-end game. so sad. >> sorry about that. >> jimmy: it's so sad. they're like, no, just trust me, invest your money. what why would you say that? you're fantastic in it. >> thanks buddy. >> jimmy: and congrats on all the buzz you're getting. you deserve it. here's a clip. here's jessica chastain in "molly'

it's about a true story a woman named molly bloom who a gold plated future ahead of her.ed yards from make olympic team going to harvard law school with medal around her neck. and then whatever she wanted after that. 100 yards from doing that. a freak accident a 100 yards from the finish line i don't want to spoil because it's the beginning of the movie kept her off the team and sent her life in an entirely different direction. she went to los angeles where she ended up running the world's most exclusive high stakes underground poker game. as the trailer said, movie st stars, hedge fund managers, ceo's athletes millions of dollars changing hands every couple of minutes in this game. and unbeknownst to her had he had seated a couple of russian mobsters as well an fbi informant and that's where things started to get crazy. >> she eventually gets buffed, right? >> we're not telling anything there. >> that's right. >> she had written this story, um, and a lot of people wanted to the fact you were just aaron sorkin how did you get it from her to put it on the screen. >> i got