Aaron Sorkin finds unlikely feminist heroine in 'Molly's Game'

"I thought the individual that I would have been meeting was somebody who was taking advantage of their brush with popular individuals, which isn't something I'm a gigantic devotee of," Sorkin said.

"In any case, I was dumb and that is not the individual that I met ... This was an unimaginably convincing lady."

Sorkin, best known for making the political television arrangement "The West Wing," makes his directorial make a big appearance with "Molly's Amusement," adjusted from Sprout's book of a similar name. The film is out in US theaters on Dec 25.

Blossom's book narratives poker recreations she kept running from 2002 to 2011 that drew superstars, for example, Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck and helped her rake in $4 million a year at her pinnacle.

Blossom, now 39, was once accused of maintaining an unlawful betting business and was condemned in 2014 to a time of probation and 200 hours of group benefit.

Sorkin said he was inspired that Blossom declined to uncover names and insider facts of her prominent customers other than those as of now named in court records.

"I believe that her character reverberates amazingly that honestly, I don't consider any us could have truly observed coming. She is a women's activist symbol, yet it is her own image of woman's rights," he said.

A mischance counteracts Sprout, played by Jessica Chastain, from fitting the bill for the US Olympic skiing group in 1999. She heads to Los Angeles, where she meets a man who runs a VIP filled high-stakes poker diversion.

Sprout assumes control running the private diversion, curating the players, the earth, being the bank and keeping intense men in line under her guidelines. In any case, her fortunes run out and the FBI desire her, so she enrolls the assistance of a legal counselor, played by Idris Elba.

"I simply had this inclination that there is an exceptional film champion here and this isn't a poker motion picture," Sorkin said.

Chastain said she likewise "totally misconstrued" Blossom before she became more acquainted with her, however, comprehends her better now that she's strolled in her shoes on screen.

"I didn't comprehend that she was having an influence that she thought she needed to play to discover accomplishment in that industry," Chastain said.