Movies based on real Hollywood scandals win streaming

We mortals love the delicious and enticing world of Hollywood gossip. It is conceivable that one of the more notorious scandals – involving a host of big names – has been turned into a feature film with no shortage of famous talent.

Molly Bloom’s life has been nothing if not exciting and she decided to choose a completely different career path after her dream of becoming an Olympic skier was ended by an injury. . After getting a job as a bartender, she eventually worked her way up to starting high-stakes poker games at Los Angeles’ Viper Room, which featured a… the biggest number of stars in town.

How loud can you ask? Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Macaulay Culkin, Alex Rodriguez and the Olsen twins are just some of the A-listers who have passed on at one stage or another. Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed Molly’s game, which saw Jessica Chastain give another tour-de-force performance in the title role, even if it wasn’t the season many fans had come to expect.

However, it was still extremely enjoyable and earned Sorkin an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, with Molly’s game now looking for a new deal of life on streaming. Follow FlixPatrol, the play has skyrocketed to the most watched list on HBO Max, currently at number four.