Who Is The Real Player X In Molly's Game?

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The real identity of Michael Cera's Player X in Molly's Game is quite a shocking revelation. Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut tells the true story of Molly Bloom, who orchestrated a multi-million dollar underground poker game with many celebrities sitting at her table. And Player X is based on one of those actors.

One who takes a central role in Molly's Game is an actor known as Player X. While Michael Cera plays him in the film, the Scott Pilgrim star isn't the real-life player. In Molly Bloom's book, on which the film is based, she names several Hollywood stars who could easily fill the role.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon are just a few of the A-list names that played in Molly's games. Still, it's Tobey Maguire who people think is most likely to be the basis for Player X. If that's true, it wouldn't paint the Spider-Man star in a very flattering light. Here's the actor who Player X is actually based on and how true to life Molly's Game is.

In Molly Bloom's memoir, Maguire's name comes up a lot and not always in the nicest way. He was an avid player and responsible for bringing certain people to the table originally run by Molly's former boss, who in the film goes by Dean Keith, a real estate agent who hires her to be his assistant in his office and at the poker game. The Molly's Game movie also implies that Player X had a lot of power and brought heavy hitters in. In addition, when Molly (Jessica Chastain) takes over the game, it is his approval she needs to pull off the coup successfully. In the Molly's Game book, she claims that Player X (Maguire) was integral to setting up her table and even lent her his own personal card shuffling machine