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  1. Jun 18, 2023 · After years of debate, Michael Cera confirms that Player X in Molly's Game was inspired by Tobey Maguire. The film, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, premiered back in 2017 and followed Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a former professional skier who began running a high-stakes poker game. Based on Bloom's memoir, the movie tracked how she ...

    • Player X

      The true identity of Player X in Molly's Game is a subject...

  2. Dec 27, 2017 · The Real Celebrity Stories Behind ‘Molly’s Game’. In Molly Bloom’s high roller poker games, Tobey Maguire was a big jerk, Leonardo DiCaprio wore giant headphones, and Alex Rodriguez just ...

    • Miles Surrey
  3. Nov 11, 2023 · The true identity of Player X in Molly's Game is a subject of speculation, with Tobey Maguire being a likely candidate based on Molly Bloom's book.; Player X, portrayed by Michael Cera, is depicted as the villain in the movie, taking joy in destroying opponents and taking over Molly's poker game.

    • Colin Mccormick
  4. Apr 1, 2024 · Thus, Tobey Maguire emerges as the evident real-life inspiration behind Player X from ‘Molly’s Game.’ Still, given the film’s pseudo-realistic approach to Bloom’s story— with noticeable changes to individual’s names as well as a few plot divergences— it should be noted that Player X is only a fictionalized version rather than a biographical account.

    • Tobey Maguire Is Player X
    • Celebrity Pays...
    • But So Does Money...
    • … and The Odd Shmuck

    Where most of the characters at the table are composites representing the types of player who in Molly’s game. Michael Cera’s Player X has only a barely legally protective layer of doubt. Player X, is almost certainly based on Tobey Maguire. The real story is even worse that Cera makes it look. Maguire liked manipulating people even tried to make M...

    Maguire was the lifeblood of the game however and eventually the man who took the game away from Molly. He used his Hollywood contacts to bring in players like Leonardo DiCaprio– an anti-social player who always wore headphones according to Bloom, and close friend of Maguire. Celebrity was vital to the game, Ben Affleck was another regular (Bloom d...

    Wealthy individuals like tech tycoon Alec Gores, or Andy Bealwho are specifically named in Molly’s book were among the rich who who came to play with the famous. Sometime the Billionaires would even answer in kind. The Olsen Twinsattended one game with a business leader according to Bloom.

    One other player in the film who has likely real life counterpart is Maguire’s biggest victim: Houston Curtis, the movie producer. In the film he is played by Bill Camp and renamed Eustace. The terrible deal Maguire sets up for him remains the same from book to screen: So that’s a few of the real faces obscured behind the movie magic.

  5. Oct 10, 2023 · The details of Player X's petty actions are fairly accurate to Bloom's memoir, except for one detail: the film never reveals the identity of who exactly Player X is. In the book Molly's Game, it's ...

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  7. Some believe that the character is based on Tobey Maguire, the well-known actor who has a passion for poker and was indeed a regular player in Molly Bloom’s games. Maguire was known for his competitive nature and skillful gameplay, which aligns with the portrayal of Player X in the movie.