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Margot Robbie will play disgraced U.S. figure skating champion, Tonya Harding in her new film, I, Tonya. In pictures emerging from the movie set in Atlanta, the Australian has undergone a major hair, weight and wardrobe transformation and is almost unrecognisable.
If you’re unfamiliar with the thrilling storyline, listen up: In 1994, the world media was sent into a huge frenzy when U.S. figure skating champion, Tonya Harding, hired a hit-man to break her competitor Nancy Kerrigan’s right leg. The move would mean Kerrigan was too injured and unable to compete in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. The attacker followed Kerrigan to a Detroit skating rink and after her practise, struck her in a corridor a few inches above her knee. Her leg was not broken and both skaters made it the Olympics that year. The bizarre plot to cripple Kerrigan had failed and she went on to take silver while Harding came eighth. Harding was banned from the sport as a result. See real video footage of the exact moment here:
I, Tonya is produced by Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap Entertainment and is overseen by Warner Bros. Burbank-based studio. Allison Janney will play Harding’s mum and Sebastian Stan will star as Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly.
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The real Tonya Harding in 1994.
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Nancy Kerrigan’s icy reception as she walks past Tonya Harding at the 1994 Olympics practise.
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