In particular, she hopes to please the most successful player, Player X (Michael Cera) (a composite character of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Ben Affleck, and other real-life celebrity poker players), by attracting new players to the game. Molly is initially uninformed on poker topics, but quickly learns how to appeal to the players to gain tips. Many famous and wealthy individuals, such as movie stars, investment bankers, and sports players are involved in Dean's game she earns large sums of money on tips alone. She becomes his office manager, and he soon involves her in running his underground poker games. Once she arrives, she becomes a bottle-service waitress at a club, where she meets Dean (Jeremy Strong), an ostentatious but unsuccessful real estate developer. Instead of her original plan of attending law school, Molly decides to take a year off and move to Los Angeles.
In a qualifying event for the 2002 Winter Olympics, Molly is severely injured ending her career.
Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) is world-class moguls skier with Olympic aspirations, the result of years of enforced training from her overbearing father Larry (Kevin Costner).
