";s:4:"text";s:1209:" Player X, is almost certainly based on Tobey Maguire.. She had trained for years to become an Olympic skier, but was injured while trying to qualify for the Olympics.. According to Screen Rant, the mysterious Player X played by Michael Cera in Molly’s Game, is actually, probably, most likely, none other than…Tobey Maguire? But the implications of Tobey Maguire… The real story is even worse that Cera makes it look. Their argument is convincing, and you should read the article if you remain skeptical. I don’t phrase that as a question because I don’t think it’s true. Molly Bloom (born April 21, 1978) is an American entrepreneur, speaker, and author of the 2014 memoir Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World. Michael Cera’s Player X has only a barely legally protective layer of doubt. 1. Tobey Maguire is Player X. “Poker Princess” Molly Bloom, in an adaptation from her new memoir, details how she went from a 26-year-old cocktail waitress to the hostess of … Where most of the characters at the table are composites representing the types of player who in Molly’s game.