Comedy drama based on a true story, starring Margot Robbie and Sebastian Stan. Figure skater Tonya Harding defies her detractors to rise to the top only to suffer an ignominious fall when she becomes embroiled in a plot to attack her rival, Nancy Kerrigan.
This true story, less than truthfully told by director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) and writer Steven Rogers, presents a wilfully unreliable account of the life of Portland, Oregon, figure-skater Tonya Harding. Margot Robbie inhabits the role of the controversial ice maiden, snootily pigeonholed as "white trash", whose sporting career was derailed after she was implicated in the attack on rival US medal-hopeful Nancy Kerrigan prior to the 1994 Winter Olympics. Faked talking-head footage both bolsters and parodies the veracity of her story: locking and loading a shotgun, Robbie snarls to camera, "I never did this." Allison Janney clinched an Oscar, Golden Globe and Bafta as Harding's sadistic mother, while Paul Walter Hauser and Sebastian Stan provide unshowy support. An uproarious look at fame and misfortune, it spins in surprising directions.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Tonya Harding | Margot Robbie |
| Jeff Gillooly | Sebastian Stan |
| LaVona Golden | Allison Janney |
| Diane Rawlinson | Julianne Nicholson |
| Shawn | Paul Walter Hauser |
| Martin Maddox | Bobby Cannavale |
| Dody Teachman | Bojana Novakovic |
| Nancy Kerrigan | Caitlin Carver |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Craig Gillespie |
