Jessica Chastain Was Inspired By The Kardashians For 'Molly's Game' | Screen Tests | W Magazine

In this Screen Tests interview, Jessica Chastain explains why she was inspired by The Kardashians for her performance as skier and underground poker player Molly Bloom in the movie "Molly's Game". Chastain said, "The Kardashians are such an incredible example of women who really have their own sense of power, you know, entrepreneurs," Chastain said. How did Molly’s Game come to you? I heard about Molly’s Game from my agent Hilda, and she asked me if I’d be interested to work with Aaron Sorkin. He is a great film hero of mine because he’s a political filmmaker. And there’s so much idealism in his writing; justice prevails against the odds, I love those themes. So, yes, I wanted to be a part of it, and I had a meeting with Aaron. Did you know much about poker beforehand? Before I approached this film, I didn’t know anything about poker except that my mom liked to play poker a lot. On Halloween, we would play poker with our Halloween candy, which was basically a way for her to get all the Halloween candy away from us so we didn’t run around the house in sugar rushes. But other than that, I didn’t know anything. So I did what Molly Bloom did; I just started Googling all the terms that I didn’t understand. I read her book and some other books. And then I met with the players from Molly’s game. And I went to a game in New York. So much about Molly Bloom and the physicality and people telling her that she’s not presenting herself in the way she should...her boss