MILLION ON MY TABLE, MOVED TO

FLORIDA, GOT A JOB AS A

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER THEN HANGED

HIMSELF.

>> THAT'S YOUR FAULT?

THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

>> HARLAN UEUSTACE IS IN JAIL

WISHING HE WAS DEAD.

THAT'S NOT WHY I'M SAYING NO.

I WAS NAMED AFTER MY GREAT GRAND

MOTOR --

>> NOBODY GIVES A [ BLEEP ]

ABOUT YOUR GOOD NAME.

>> I DO.

>> WHY?

>> BECAUSE.

>> WHY?

>> BECAUSE IT'S ALL I HAVE LEFT.

>> Jimmy: THAT IS "MOLLY'S

GAME."

JESSICA CHASTAIN, YOU WERE

NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR

THE MOVIE.

>> YEAH.

>> Jimmy: CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> Jimmy: IT'S BASED ON A REAL

STORY.

I KNOW SOME OF THE GUYS THAT

WOULD GO TO THAT.

DO YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO WOULD GO

TO THAT ACTUAL POKER GAME?

>> I KNOW SOME OF THE GUYS WHO

WENT TO THE POKER GAME.

SOME OF THEM ARE MY FRIENDS.

AND WHEN I SAID I WAS GOING TO

DO THE MOVIE, ACTUALLY, SOME OF

THEM WERE SO GENEROUS, THEY TOOK

ME TO A POKER GAME THAT WAS

STILL HAPPENING IN NEW YORK.

>> Jimmy: TO SHOW YOU HOW IT

GOES?

>> YEAH.

SO I GOT TO SEE BEHIND THE

SCENES.

>> Jimmy: INTERESTING IF THEY'D

MAKE A MOVIE OUT OF THAT POKER

GAME AND YOUR RESEARCH VISIT

APPEARS IN THE MOVIE, IT WOULD

BE VERY META.

I GUESS I'M GETTING AHEAD OF

MYSELF A LITTLE BIT.

THERE WAS THIS RUNNING POKER GA

IMTHAT FAMOUS PEOPLE WOULD COME

TO HERE IN L.A., MOLLY BLOOM

THIS CHARACTER, A REAL WOMAN, DO

YOU KNOW MOLLY BLOOM, DID YOU

MEET HER?

>> YEAH, WHEN I GOT THE PART I

MET MOLLY, STARTED RESEARCHING

HER.

>> Jimmy: HOW DO YOU DO THAT

WITH A PERSON, WITHOUT THEM -- I

WOULD THINK THEY WOULD ACT

WEIRD.

IF YOU WERE RESEARCHING ME, I

WOULD ACT TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

>> COMPLETELY.

IF SOMEONE'S RESEARCHING YOU,

YOU WANT TO SHOW UP AS YOU WANT

THEM TO PLAY YOU.

>> Jimmy: EXACTLY.

>> YOU'RE PICKING OUT YOUR

CLOTHES, DOING ALL OF THAT

STUFF.

WHEN I MET MOLLY, THIS IS HOW

YOU WANT ME TO PLAY YOU.

THEN I'M STARTING TO LOOK BEHIND

THE SCENES.

HOW IS SHE TALKING TO A WOMAN

VERSUS A MAN?

WHAT DID SHE ORDER TO EAT?

HOW DOES SHE DRINK HER COFFEE?

>> Jimmy: YOU REALLY, REALLY --

>> OH, YEAH, ALL THAT LITTLE

STUFF.

>> Jimmy: ARE YOU ENGAGING WITH

HER OR JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT SHE

IS DOING?

>> I'M ASKING HER A LOT OF

QUESTIONS.

>> Jimmy: ASKING A LOT.

NOT LIKE A ZOO ANIMAL WHERE

YOU'RE JUST SITTING THERE

WATCHING HER?

>> STUDYING AND WRITING DOWN

NOTES.

>> Jimmy: AFTERWARDS ARE YOU

NERVOUS ABOUT HOW SHE MIGHT

RECEIVE --

>> COMPLETELY.

>> Jimmy: YEAH.

>> THE FIRST TIME MOLLY SAW THE

FILM WAS AT THE PREMIERE IN

TORONTO.

BECAUSE SHE'S A FELON, SHE'S NOT

ALLOWED TO GO TO CANADA.

>> Jimmy: OH.

>> SO, YOU KNOW.

>> Jimmy: HOW DID SHE GET THERE?

>> WELL -- AARON SORKIN HIRED AN

IMMIGRATION LAWYER TO GIVE HER A

48-HOUR PASS.

AND SHE HAD TO PROMISE THAT SHE

WOULD NOT COMMIT ANY CRIMES.

WHILE SHE WAS THERE TO SEE THE

FILM.

AND SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T DO

THAT.

[ LAUGHTER ]

AND SHE SAT BEHIND ME AND HER

DAD SAT BEHIND ME.

AND --

>> Jimmy: RIGHT BEHIND YOU?

THAT'S THE WORST PLACE FOR HER

TO BE.

>> IT WAS SO STRESSFUL.

BECAUSE I COULD HEAR HER FATHER

GETTING VERY EMOTIONAL DURING

THE MOVIE.

>> Jimmy: OH, REALLY.

>> AND I WANTED TO LIKE TURN

AROUND AND SEE IF HE WAS OKAY.

BUT THEN I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE

MIGHT HIT ME.

[ LAUGHTER ]

SO I JUST STAYED LOOKING

FORWARD.

>> Jimmy: THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN

FUNNY.

YOU WANT TO PLEASE HER, YOU WANT

HER TO LIKE THE PORTRAYAL.

>> COMPLETELY.

I WANT HER TO LIKE THE

PORTRAYAL, BUT ALSO TOO, WHEN

YOU'RE PLAYING SOMEONE WHO'S

GOING THROUGH A JOURNEY, YOU

HAVE TO SHOW THEIR MISTAKES AND

THEIR FLAWS.

YOU HAVE TO SEE THEM OVERCOME

THINGS.

YOU CAN'T JUST PLAY SOMEONE

WHO'S DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT.

SO I DIDN'T WANT HER TO BE UPSET

THAT WE SAW THOSE MISTAKES.

AND SHE WASN'T.

>> THINK SHE CAME OFF PRETTY

WELL IN THE MOVIE.

SOME OF THE GUYS MAYBE OR THE

CHARACTERS BASED ON WHO ARE

MAYBE BASED ON REAL-LIFE PEOPLE

MAYBE DIDN'T COME OFF SO WELL.

>> MAYBE.

>> Jimmy: YEAH.

YOU RUN INTO THOSE PEOPLE AT

ALL?

DO YOU FEEL ANY RESPONSIBILITY

FOR THAT?

OR IS THAT ALL ON AARON SORKIN,

HE'S THE DIRECTOR?

>> THE GOOD THING IS A LOT OF

THE CHARACTERS ARE COMBINATIONS

OF STORIES.

>> Jimmy: THAT'S A NICE WAY OUT

OF IT, YEAH.

>> SO NO ONE'S PLAYING ANYONE IN

PARTICULAR.

>> Jimmy: I SEE, OKAY.

THAT'S THE STORY WE'RE GOING TO

STICK TO?

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> DID YOU HAPPEN TO GO TO ANY

OF THOSE GAMES?

>> Jimmy: NO, I NEVER DID.

NO, I HONESTLY HAVEN'T.

I KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, THEY'D

JUST TAKE ALL MY MONEY IS WHAT

WOULD HAPPEN.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE A POKER FACE?

>> Jimmy: NO, I HAVE NO POKER

FACE.

I DON'T EVEN HAVE A FACE.

[ LAUGHTER ]

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GOLDEN

GLOBE NOMINATION.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> Jimmy: THE MOVIE IS CALLED

"MOLLY'S GAME" OPENS WIDE IN