‘Molly’s Game’ Director Aaron Sorkin on How Harvey Weinstein Made Film ‘Surprisingly Relevant’

A version of this story first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.


Aaron Sorkin has been writing plays since 1984, films since 1992 and television since 1998 — but despite his success with the films “A Few Good Men,” “The American President,” “The Social Network” and “Steve Jobs” and the TV series “Sports Night,” “The West Wing” and “The Newsroom,” he had never directed a film until this year’s “Molly’s Game.”

The film stars Jessica Chastain as the real-life Olympic skier who ran afoul of the law after running a series of high-stakes, star-studded poker games in Los Angeles and New York.