one of the hottest tickets in towns, attracting players like leonardo dicaprio, ben affleck and toby mcgwirethe characters in the movie are fictional. you peeled back and it's not a pretty sight. >> it's not. just to be clear, in peeling back the curtain, i don't dish on anyone. i wouldn't want to under any circumstances. >> reporter: but making her game the ultimate boys club, bloom says she was earning up to $4 million a year at the height of her success, all legally. in the movie, bloom's success presented a threat to the men she worked wfl. >> you're going to stop paying me to do that job because i'm doing too much money doing my second job and if i say no i'll lose both jobs because it doesn't seem fair? >> reporter: she was penalized for being too good at her job. she also ran afoul of the mob, graphically depicted in the movie, and eventually arrested. indicted for running an illegal poker game after skimming the pot for profit. she pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year of probation. molly's game is being released as the the me too movement is sweeping hollywood and beyond. >> th