MaryAnn’s quick take… A black comedy about domestic violence, parental abuse, and low self-esteem (and it works!), one that challenges our appreciation of how true based-on-fact might be. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I’ve heard tell that there are people — young people, but still adult people — who have never heard of champion figure skater Tonya Harding and don’t know why she was famous for a while in the 1990s for reasons that had nothing to do with her athletic ability. This astonishes me, but probably shouldn’t. In fact, it’s a totally apropos underscore to I, Tonya’s running motif about the vagaries of fame and the inadvisability of putting all your emotional stock in it, as a wannabe famous person, current famous person,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I’ve heard tell that there are people — young people, but still adult people — who have never heard of champion figure skater Tonya Harding and don’t know why she was famous for a while in the 1990s for reasons that had nothing to do with her athletic ability. This astonishes me, but probably shouldn’t. In fact, it’s a totally apropos underscore to I, Tonya’s running motif about the vagaries of fame and the inadvisability of putting all your emotional stock in it, as a wannabe famous person, current famous person,...
- 12/14/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
While “The Disaster Artist” moved into wide release to take a spot in this weekend’s top five at the box office, Neon and 30West sent their darkly comedic biopic “I, Tonya” into theaters for a four-screen release and had the highest per screen average of the weekend with $61,400 for a $245,402 total. “I, Tonya” stars Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding, the figure skater whose career came to an ignoble end when her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan), hired a man to break the leg of her rival, Nancy Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver), at the National Figure Skating Championships in 1994. Allison...
- 12/10/2017
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The 2018 Oscars race is officially on, and Sebastian Stan thinks Allison Janney is a strong contender. The two co-star in I, Tonya, Stan as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding's (Margot Robbie) ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and Janney as her eccentric mother, Lavona Fay Golden. E! News caught up with Stan at GQ's Men of the Year party, where he dished his take on why the actress finally deserves recognition from The Academy. "First of all, the fact that Allison Janey has not been nominated for an Oscar up until now is a travesty," Sebastian told us. "It's unreal. She definitely deserves it. And Margot basically killed herself doing this...
- 12/8/2017
- E! Online
When Allison Janney watched Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan compete in the 1994 Olympics — along with 126 million others — she had no idea that she’d eventually earn her first Oscar buzz for playing Harding’s mother. Most of those viewers tuned in because weeks prior, Harding’s ex-husband and bodyguard arranged for an attacker to club Kerrigan’s knee with a police baton. But for Janney, it was personal: few know that she was once a serious figure skater herself, sidelined from the sport by a freak accident that occurred when her parents hosted a party.
“There was a game where couples had balloons tied around their ankles and you tried to pop the other couples’ balloons,” said Janney, who portrays Lavona Golden in Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya.” “I was cheating, and had my balloon tied around my knee, because I had a strapless long dress on. Cheaters never prosper!
“There was a game where couples had balloons tied around their ankles and you tried to pop the other couples’ balloons,” said Janney, who portrays Lavona Golden in Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya.” “I was cheating, and had my balloon tied around my knee, because I had a strapless long dress on. Cheaters never prosper!
- 12/8/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Tonya Harding is still best known as the woman who maybe, possibly, potentially played a part – for the record, she denies it – in her figure-skating rival Nancy Kerrigan getting hit in the knee just before the 1994 Olympics. Margot Robbie knows this – the Australian actress spent months studying the sad backstory of Harding's life in preparation for the biopic I, Tonya, and she was well aware of what the public's opinion on the disgraced athlete was. But the more Robbie dug, the more she developed sympathy for the fallen champion. When...
- 12/8/2017
- Rollingstone.com
I, Tonya, an unconventional biopic about the unconventional, embattled yet iconic '90s figure skater, is based on "irony free, wildly contradictory and totally true" interviews with Tonya Harding and her one-time husband, Jeff Gillooly. (We're told as much via title card at the start of the movie.)
While the conflicting details of those discussions constitute the crux of the film, many key moments in Harding's life have played out in front of the cameras, allowing for a side-by-side comparison of actual events and as restaged by Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding. Either watch these videos before seeing I, Tonya, out now, or come back afterward to truly appreciate how closely the movie nails it.
The Real Tonya Harding, Then and Now
Donning an array of permed wigs and bedazzled unitards, Robbie plays Harding from her teenage years into her 20s -- then via makeup and prosthetics, she is aged up to play Harding at 44. This vintage news reel...
While the conflicting details of those discussions constitute the crux of the film, many key moments in Harding's life have played out in front of the cameras, allowing for a side-by-side comparison of actual events and as restaged by Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding. Either watch these videos before seeing I, Tonya, out now, or come back afterward to truly appreciate how closely the movie nails it.
The Real Tonya Harding, Then and Now
Donning an array of permed wigs and bedazzled unitards, Robbie plays Harding from her teenage years into her 20s -- then via makeup and prosthetics, she is aged up to play Harding at 44. This vintage news reel...
- 12/8/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Margot Robbie and husband Tom Ackerley are more than just a ridiculously good-looking Hollywood couple.
The newlyweds worked together on the upcoming film, I, Tonya, starring Robbie, 27, as the disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding. Ackerley, also 27, produced the film.
“We did this film instead of our honeymoon,” Robbie told Extra. “There were times we were sitting in a car parked in Atlanta freezing cold being like, ‘We should be on a beach right now. We should be on a honeymoon. What are we doing?!’ Following our dream.”
Ahead of the release of I, Tonya on Dec. 8, here is a look...
The newlyweds worked together on the upcoming film, I, Tonya, starring Robbie, 27, as the disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding. Ackerley, also 27, produced the film.
“We did this film instead of our honeymoon,” Robbie told Extra. “There were times we were sitting in a car parked in Atlanta freezing cold being like, ‘We should be on a beach right now. We should be on a honeymoon. What are we doing?!’ Following our dream.”
Ahead of the release of I, Tonya on Dec. 8, here is a look...
- 12/8/2017
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
There’s little on screenwriter Steven Rogers’ resume to indicate that he was interested in writing something like “I, Tonya,” the year’s most irreverent – and unexpectedly inspiring – biopic that follows the exploits of one of America’s signature fallen stars. After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September (where Neon and 30West acquired it for 2017 release), the film has steadily picked up awards steam, particularly for the mother-daughter performances of Allison Janney and Margot Robbie, who are both nominated for Critics’ Choice and Indie Spirit awards.
“I’m loving this,” Rogers said with a laugh. “Because you don’t get it on every movie, so when you do get it, you just hold it closely. Never one time, ever, when I started to write about Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly, did I think about awards season. The whole experience has been kind of miraculous.”
Rogers isn’t exaggerating.
“I’m loving this,” Rogers said with a laugh. “Because you don’t get it on every movie, so when you do get it, you just hold it closely. Never one time, ever, when I started to write about Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly, did I think about awards season. The whole experience has been kind of miraculous.”
Rogers isn’t exaggerating.
- 12/7/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
If you thought you knew everything about Tonya Harding, think again. Margot Robbie plays the disgraced figure skater in Neon's I, Tonya (in theaters Friday). The biopic focuses largely on then-spouses Harding and Jeff Gillooly, who hired a man to break Nancy Kerrigan's leg at the National Figure Skating Championship in 1994. Directed by Craig Gillespie, it co-stars Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson and Sebastian Stan. Robbie, who was born in Australia in 1990, was only partially familiar with the sports scandal when she signed on to produce and star in the movie last year. "I definitely had hesitations in that it's an added responsibility to play a real-life person who is still...
- 12/7/2017
- E! Online
It was the sports scandal that rocked the world.
Seven weeks before the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, Tonya Harding’s skating rival, Nancy Kerrigan, was clubbed on the knee by an assailant.
Authorities soon determined that Harding was involved and that her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, had allegedly hired the attacker. For the media, the narrative was perfect: Kerrigan was the pretty, poised, innocent victim. Harding was the rough-around-the-edges assailant from the wrong side of the tracks.
Almost 24 years later, Margot Robbie is immortalizing the infamous skater in the highly anticipated I, Tonya — a biopic that offers a surprisingly sympathetic view at Harding’s life before,...
Seven weeks before the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, Tonya Harding’s skating rival, Nancy Kerrigan, was clubbed on the knee by an assailant.
Authorities soon determined that Harding was involved and that her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, had allegedly hired the attacker. For the media, the narrative was perfect: Kerrigan was the pretty, poised, innocent victim. Harding was the rough-around-the-edges assailant from the wrong side of the tracks.
Almost 24 years later, Margot Robbie is immortalizing the infamous skater in the highly anticipated I, Tonya — a biopic that offers a surprisingly sympathetic view at Harding’s life before,...
- 12/6/2017
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
Margot Robbie‘s latest role as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding came with a bonus: rock hard abs!
People caught up with the I, Tonya star at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City, where she shared the ice skating advice she got after meeting the real Harding.
“She was like, ‘Just do sit ups.’ So many sit-ups,” the 27-year-old actress says.
The movie follows Harding’s story from her early skating days to her training for the ’94 Winter Olympics before her ex-husband intervenes and tries to sabotage rival skater Nancy Kerrigan. The infamous event made headlines for...
People caught up with the I, Tonya star at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City, where she shared the ice skating advice she got after meeting the real Harding.
“She was like, ‘Just do sit ups.’ So many sit-ups,” the 27-year-old actress says.
The movie follows Harding’s story from her early skating days to her training for the ’94 Winter Olympics before her ex-husband intervenes and tries to sabotage rival skater Nancy Kerrigan. The infamous event made headlines for...
- 12/6/2017
- by Stephanie Petit and Maggie Parker
- PEOPLE.com
This might be the perfect time for a Tonya Harding biopic ... or rather, a Harding "biopic," one set some 23 years after the public's memory of the tabloid diva having drilled down to "white-trash figure skater who had something to do with smashing the knee of her rival Nancy Kerrigan during training for the 1994 Winter Olympics." I, Tonya – a raunchy, demented, dark-comic dazzler, snappily directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) from an anything-goes script by Steven Rogers, gives Tonya (Margot Robbie in her best performance yet) a chance to prove her almost-innocence.
- 12/6/2017
- Rollingstone.com
It was the cry heard ’round the world.
At the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1994 – just one month before the Winter Olympics – champion American skater Nancy Kerrigan was brutally clubbed in the knee, leaving her unable to compete.
It was later revealed that the ex-husband and bodyguard of fellow American skater Tonya Harding worked together to hire someone to attack rival skater Kerrigan. Though Harding long disputed her involvement, she was eventually convicted of hindering the investigation into the incident. She received three years probation, 500 hours of community service, and a $160,000 fine — and was ultimately banned from the U.
At the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1994 – just one month before the Winter Olympics – champion American skater Nancy Kerrigan was brutally clubbed in the knee, leaving her unable to compete.
It was later revealed that the ex-husband and bodyguard of fellow American skater Tonya Harding worked together to hire someone to attack rival skater Kerrigan. Though Harding long disputed her involvement, she was eventually convicted of hindering the investigation into the incident. She received three years probation, 500 hours of community service, and a $160,000 fine — and was ultimately banned from the U.
- 12/6/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Margot Robbie was thrilled at the Los Angeles premiere of her latest film, I, Tonya, not because it was her big moment to shine – but because she got to share the night with the real-life Tonya Harding.
The Australian star, 27, beamed as she stood on the red carpet with the ice skating legend, whom she portrays in the new film.
The actress, who wowed in gray metallic Versace dress with a black belt, initially walked the carpet her husband and producer Tom Ackerley.
Harding, 47, joined her on the carpet where they chatted, laughed and posed for photos.
Turning toward Acklerley,...
The Australian star, 27, beamed as she stood on the red carpet with the ice skating legend, whom she portrays in the new film.
The actress, who wowed in gray metallic Versace dress with a black belt, initially walked the carpet her husband and producer Tom Ackerley.
Harding, 47, joined her on the carpet where they chatted, laughed and posed for photos.
Turning toward Acklerley,...
- 12/6/2017
- by Mia McNiece and Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Of all the movies to debut at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, none helped raise their stock more than I, Tonya. Initially thought of as little more than a question mark in the awards race, enthusiastic reviews have shot it into the stratosphere. Now, it’s a true contender, along with being one of the year’s best films. This week, I, Tonya opens and hopes to establish distributor Neon as the next A24, striking gold almost immediately. Not only could this prove to be a crossover hit, it seems very likely to be a legitimate Oscar player. Especially in Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, the picture is looking for a gold medal. The film is a biopic of controversial figure skater Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie), who briefly capturing America’s attention in the 1990’s. Shot using occasional talking head interviews by the chief characters, we see Tonya rise...
- 12/5/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Margot Robbie’s new film I, Tonya centers around former Olympian Tonya Harding and her life leading up to the U.S. Figure Skating Championship in 1994, where she and her spouse Jeff Gillooly hired a man to break the leg of Nancy Kerrigan. On the red carpet for the premiere, we ran into Robbie and her co-stars and…
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- 12/4/2017
- by Baraka Kaseko and Marah Eakin
- avclub.com
When it came to bringing a Tonya Harding biopic to life, the team behind I, Tonya wanted to confront complicity. In fact, there is a moment in the film when Margot Robbie, as Harding, speaks directly to the audience about their role in giving the character she plays the title of the most notorious person in figure skating history.
"I feel like we were fed such a limited version of the story and it was a time when the media sort of reduced Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly to a punchline," the movie's writer, Steven Rogers, told The Hollywood Reporter. "I...
"I feel like we were fed such a limited version of the story and it was a time when the media sort of reduced Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly to a punchline," the movie's writer, Steven Rogers, told The Hollywood Reporter. "I...
- 12/2/2017
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We've finally come to the end of 2017, which means: lots of under-the-wire Oscar hopefuls! The return of the Bellas! A brand spankin' new Star Wars! Along with the final push of awards contenders (Steven Spielberg! Paul Thomas Anderson! Guillermo del Toro!), viewers can look forward to a pair of biopics about ethically compromised women, two vastly different musicals and the Rock taking on motorcycle-riding warriors and a safari's worth of jungle creatures. Oh, and James Franco giving what may arguably be the single greatest performance of the year. Yes, you read that sentence correctly.
- 11/27/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Margot Robbie is skating on thin ice in the first full-length trailer for I, Tonya, a dark comedy about the Tonya Harding Olympic scandal.
Debuted on Wednesday, the trailer comes as Oscar buzz continues to grow around her performance. The film also earned rave reviews when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
The movie follows Harding’s story from her early skating days to her training for the ’94 Winter Olympics before her ex-husband intervenes and tries to sabotage rival skater Kerrigan. The infamous event made headlines for its brutality and tale of rival ice princesses.
Though Harding long disputed her involvement,...
Debuted on Wednesday, the trailer comes as Oscar buzz continues to grow around her performance. The film also earned rave reviews when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
The movie follows Harding’s story from her early skating days to her training for the ’94 Winter Olympics before her ex-husband intervenes and tries to sabotage rival skater Kerrigan. The infamous event made headlines for its brutality and tale of rival ice princesses.
Though Harding long disputed her involvement,...
- 11/1/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Margot Robbie goes full-on crazy in this new entertaining red-band trailer for her Tanya Harding biopic I, Tanya. This character almost seems more insane and unstable than Robbie's version of Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad! The film was inspired by the true story of Tanya Harding's ungraceful rise to the Olympics and fall. As you'll see, it's told in the style of a dark comedy and it looks like a really great movie!
Based on the unbelievable but true events, I, Tonya is a darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous, ill-conceived, and even more poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan.Featuring an iconic turn by Margot Robbie as the fiery Harding,...
Based on the unbelievable but true events, I, Tonya is a darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous, ill-conceived, and even more poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan.Featuring an iconic turn by Margot Robbie as the fiery Harding,...
- 11/1/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
A late entry into this year’s awards season, Craig Gillespie’s Tonya Harding biopic I, Tonya, starring Margot Robbie and Allison Janney, earned rave reviews out of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and now it’ll arrive in just over a month. After a brief teaser, the full red band trailer has now hit the ice, courtesy of Neon.
“Having proven time and time again that she is more than worthy and capable of supporting a feature on her own. I, Tonya (finally) grants Margot Robbie the opportunity to delve headfirst into a role that not only offers top billing, but showcases the emotional complexity and riotous charisma we all know she possesses; with the narrative chutzpah to back it up,” we said in our review. “For Craig Gillespie, I, Tonya represents a similar vindication, giving credence to the director’s budding gift first demonstrated in...
“Having proven time and time again that she is more than worthy and capable of supporting a feature on her own. I, Tonya (finally) grants Margot Robbie the opportunity to delve headfirst into a role that not only offers top billing, but showcases the emotional complexity and riotous charisma we all know she possesses; with the narrative chutzpah to back it up,” we said in our review. “For Craig Gillespie, I, Tonya represents a similar vindication, giving credence to the director’s budding gift first demonstrated in...
- 11/1/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Joseph Baxter Nov 2, 2017
The I, Tonya red band trailer has arrived, showing Margot Robbie as the scourge of the figure skating world, Tonya Harding.
Update: Here's a red band trailer for the film, that obviously you shouldn't watch if you have sensitive eyes and ears...
The upcoming dark/comedic biopic, I, Tonya, looks to capture the period when the Winter Olympics, and the skating in particular, captured the attention of the world. In this case with Margot Robbie playing the scandal-conjuring Olympic figure skater, Tonya Harding.
The first I, Tonya teaser trailer has now arrived, focusing on Margot Robbie’s onscreen manifestation of former American Olympic figure skating prospect Tonya Harding, whose dreams of grabbing the gold led to one of the most ignominious events in Olympic history. The sight of Robbie’s Harding performing a triple axel (Harding was the first American woman to successfully land one in competition,...
The I, Tonya red band trailer has arrived, showing Margot Robbie as the scourge of the figure skating world, Tonya Harding.
Update: Here's a red band trailer for the film, that obviously you shouldn't watch if you have sensitive eyes and ears...
The upcoming dark/comedic biopic, I, Tonya, looks to capture the period when the Winter Olympics, and the skating in particular, captured the attention of the world. In this case with Margot Robbie playing the scandal-conjuring Olympic figure skater, Tonya Harding.
The first I, Tonya teaser trailer has now arrived, focusing on Margot Robbie’s onscreen manifestation of former American Olympic figure skating prospect Tonya Harding, whose dreams of grabbing the gold led to one of the most ignominious events in Olympic history. The sight of Robbie’s Harding performing a triple axel (Harding was the first American woman to successfully land one in competition,...
- 10/19/2017
- Den of Geek
One of the most shameful moments in Olympic history is becoming a feature film. Neon has just released the first teaser for I, Tonya, featuring Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding.
If you're unfamiliar with the name, let me tell you about disgraced Olympic competitor Tonya Harding. In the 90s, she was one of the most prominent young figure skaters on the Us team. She was the first American women to ever complete one of the hardest moves in figure skating, at the time, the Triple Axel. Harding was even projected to win a Gold medal at the upcoming Winter Olympics. Everything was going her way, until January 1994 when her ex-husband had the crazy idea to put a hit on Harding's rival, Nancy Kerrigan.
This unbelievable, shameful blemish in Olympic history is getting the Hollywood treatment. Here is the first teaser for I, Tonya, featuring Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding and...
If you're unfamiliar with the name, let me tell you about disgraced Olympic competitor Tonya Harding. In the 90s, she was one of the most prominent young figure skaters on the Us team. She was the first American women to ever complete one of the hardest moves in figure skating, at the time, the Triple Axel. Harding was even projected to win a Gold medal at the upcoming Winter Olympics. Everything was going her way, until January 1994 when her ex-husband had the crazy idea to put a hit on Harding's rival, Nancy Kerrigan.
This unbelievable, shameful blemish in Olympic history is getting the Hollywood treatment. Here is the first teaser for I, Tonya, featuring Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding and...
- 10/19/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
Margot Robbie hits the ice in the first teaser trailer for her upcoming Tonya Harding biopic I, Tanya. It's a solid first look at the film that does a great job of setting the tone for the story. The movie is told in the style of a dark comedy, which is kind of the perfect way to tell this really strange and scandalous true story.
The movie was directed by Craig Gillespie (Million Dollar Arm, Fright Night, The Finest Hours) and it also stars Allison Janney, Paul Walter Hauser, Julianne Nicholson, Caitlin Carver, Bojana Novakovic, and Bobby Cannavale. Here's the synopsis:
Based on the unbelievable but true events, I, Tonya is a darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined...
The movie was directed by Craig Gillespie (Million Dollar Arm, Fright Night, The Finest Hours) and it also stars Allison Janney, Paul Walter Hauser, Julianne Nicholson, Caitlin Carver, Bojana Novakovic, and Bobby Cannavale. Here's the synopsis:
Based on the unbelievable but true events, I, Tonya is a darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined...
- 10/19/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
While a good amount of films come to the fall festival season with distribution and a release date already in tow, there’s the chance some could ignite such acclaim that they pick up both in a matter of days or weeks and we see them sooner than imagined. This was the case for Craig Gillespie’s Tonya Harding biopic I, Tonya, starring Margot Robbie and Allison Janney. Picked up by Neon following Tiff, it’s already been set for a December 8 release, and following some Gotham Award nominations this morning, the first teaser trailer has landed.
“Having proven time and time again that she is more than worthy and capable of supporting a feature on her own. I, Tonya (finally) grants Margot Robbie the opportunity to delve headfirst into a role that not only offers top billing, but showcases the emotional complexity and riotous charisma we all know she...
“Having proven time and time again that she is more than worthy and capable of supporting a feature on her own. I, Tonya (finally) grants Margot Robbie the opportunity to delve headfirst into a role that not only offers top billing, but showcases the emotional complexity and riotous charisma we all know she...
- 10/19/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The first teaser for I, Tonya is here — and it doesn’t disappoint.
The footage comes as buzz continues to grow around the Oscar-hopeful after earning rave reviews at its Toronto International Film Festival premiere in September.
Giving fans a first look at Margot Robbie as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding, the almost minute-long video features the Australian actress in a voiceover summarizing Harding’s plight with the public eye.
“America, they want someone to love. But they want someone to hate,” Robbie narrates in an eery imitation of Harding’s voice. “And the haters always say, ‘Tonya, tell the truth!
The footage comes as buzz continues to grow around the Oscar-hopeful after earning rave reviews at its Toronto International Film Festival premiere in September.
Giving fans a first look at Margot Robbie as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding, the almost minute-long video features the Australian actress in a voiceover summarizing Harding’s plight with the public eye.
“America, they want someone to love. But they want someone to hate,” Robbie narrates in an eery imitation of Harding’s voice. “And the haters always say, ‘Tonya, tell the truth!
- 10/19/2017
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
“America: They want someone to love, but they want someone to hate.” So opens our first look (and listen) at Margot Robbie in character as disgraced ex-figure skating champion Tonya Harding, introducing us via gravelly voiceover to the pitch-black wonder that is Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya.” The film’s first trailer appropriately sells Harding’s status as an outsider — and Robbie’s uncanny ability to slip inside the mind of one of America’s most misunderstood villains — plus its delightfully off-kilter tone.
While the film inevitably leads up to the Nancy Kerrigan knee-smashing that forever marred Harding’s legacy, but “I, Tonya” is also a “Rashomon”-influenced biopic that digs deep to find the truth about Harding and her life, painful as it so often was. “I, Tonya” also stars Allison Janney as Harding’s unhinged mother Lavona Golden and Sebastian Stan as her punchline-ready ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, along...
While the film inevitably leads up to the Nancy Kerrigan knee-smashing that forever marred Harding’s legacy, but “I, Tonya” is also a “Rashomon”-influenced biopic that digs deep to find the truth about Harding and her life, painful as it so often was. “I, Tonya” also stars Allison Janney as Harding’s unhinged mother Lavona Golden and Sebastian Stan as her punchline-ready ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, along...
- 10/19/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It hasn’t been an easy road for Tonya Harding.
Seven weeks before the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, her skating rival, Nancy Kerrigan, was clubbed on the knee by an assailant. Authorities soon determined that Harding and her husband, Jeff Gillooly, had allegedly hired the attacker. The ensuing scandal became an international sensation.
For the media, the narrative was perfect: Kerrigan was the pretty, poised, innocent victim. Harding was the rough-around-the-edges assailant from the wrong side of the tracks.
Harding long disputed her involvement, but was eventually convicted of hindering the investigation into the incident. She received three years probation, 500 hours of community service,...
Seven weeks before the 1994 Olympic Winter Games, her skating rival, Nancy Kerrigan, was clubbed on the knee by an assailant. Authorities soon determined that Harding and her husband, Jeff Gillooly, had allegedly hired the attacker. The ensuing scandal became an international sensation.
For the media, the narrative was perfect: Kerrigan was the pretty, poised, innocent victim. Harding was the rough-around-the-edges assailant from the wrong side of the tracks.
Harding long disputed her involvement, but was eventually convicted of hindering the investigation into the incident. She received three years probation, 500 hours of community service,...
- 10/17/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
Jan. 6, 1994, continues to be known as the day one of the biggest sports scandals in American history took place. Olympians Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan were preparing for their second Games together when Kerrigan was attacked - but was Harding involved? She holds onto her innocence to this day. Multiple documentaries have been made on the incident, and now Margot Robbie will star in Hollywood's big-budget film I, Tonya, set to hit theaters on Dec. 8. The scandal occurred over 20 years ago, yet the movie offers a new reason to revisit the case. In a time when some women choose to tear each other down for the sake of their own careers and relationships, the movie will surely open a fresh perspective. Their Relationship Harding was the first American woman to land a triple axel (the name just sounds difficult in itself) in the 1991 Us Figure Skating Championships. She ended up...
- 10/5/2017
- by Caitlyn Fitzpatrick
- Popsugar.com
Eclipsed by the subsequent notorious O.J. Simpson murder fiasco, one can’t really blame Margot Robbie for initially believing Tonya Harding to be a fictitious character. What was months prior an inescapable media frenzy, the Kerrigan-Harding incident was erased from prevalence almost instantaneously. Configured as a mockumentary, Craig Gillespie revives the case against Harding in a darkly comedic and surprisingly affecting study of an athlete shunned from the public eye for what might have been nothing more than the result of a teenager who followed her heart.
Having proven time and time again that she is more than worthy and capable of supporting a feature on her own. I, Tonya (finally) grants Margot Robbie the opportunity to delve headfirst into a role that not only offers top billing, but showcases the emotional complexity and riotous charisma we all know she possesses; with the narrative chutzpah to back it up. For Craig Gillespie,...
Having proven time and time again that she is more than worthy and capable of supporting a feature on her own. I, Tonya (finally) grants Margot Robbie the opportunity to delve headfirst into a role that not only offers top billing, but showcases the emotional complexity and riotous charisma we all know she possesses; with the narrative chutzpah to back it up. For Craig Gillespie,...
- 9/12/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Neon and 30West have acquired domestic rights to “I, Tonya,” a dark comedy starring Margot Robbie as Olympic skater Tonya Harding. “I, Tonya” received strong reviews in Toronto from critics who praised the film’s darkly humorous take on Tonya Harding’s shift from a famous figure skater to an exile from her sport after it was discovered she was involved in an attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan. The film also stars Allison Janey as Harding’s mother and Sebastian Stan as Harding’s ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly. Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser and Bobby Cannavale co-star. “It’s been...
- 9/11/2017
- by Nigel M. Smith
- The Wrap
There’s no buzzier title at the Toronto International Film Festival than Craig Gillespie’s alternately hilarious and deeply empathetic Tonya Harding biopic “I, Tonya.” Margot Robbie stars in the eponymous role as the embattled (and, as the film vividly shows, misunderstood) ice skating star who became the subject of so much derision, and the film attempts to present a full portrait of her before and after the insane events leading to the 1994 Winter Olympics (cue Nancy Kerrigan screaming “Why? Why?!”).
Much of that portrait is owed squarely to Harding herself who, along with ex-husband Jeff Gillooly (played in the film by Sebastian Stan, a meaty role for the rising star), participated in hours of interviews with screenwriter Steven Rogers. What emerges is a funny and flinty look at the embattled ice princess that doesn’t skimp on the gory details, including Harding’s abuse at the hands of both...
Much of that portrait is owed squarely to Harding herself who, along with ex-husband Jeff Gillooly (played in the film by Sebastian Stan, a meaty role for the rising star), participated in hours of interviews with screenwriter Steven Rogers. What emerges is a funny and flinty look at the embattled ice princess that doesn’t skimp on the gory details, including Harding’s abuse at the hands of both...
- 9/10/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“And that’s the f—ing truth.” That’s the parting line from Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding in Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya,” a delirious, laugh-out-loud revisiting of the famous Olympic scandal, which held its world premiere in Toronto on Friday night. In 1994, the self-labelled “redneck” figure skater was embroiled in an international incident when her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly conspired to injure Harding’s biggest competitor for Olympic gold, Nancy Kerrigan. The fallout got Harding banned from skating for life, and became a notable skirmish at the dawn of celebrity and 24-hour news. Also Read: 'Kodachrome': Ed Harris,...
- 9/9/2017
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Margot Robbie looked as radiant as ever at the world premiere of I, Tonya.
The actress, 27, is at the Toronto International Film Festival promoting the film in which she stars as infamous ice skater Tonya Harding, whose ex-husband tried to sabotage her rival Nancy Kerrigan leading up to the 1994 Winter Olympics.
For her red carpet appearance, the Australian star opted for a long sleeved blue gown with embroidered flowers.
The film follows Harding’s battle for supremacy in the ice and then her very public fall from grace after rival Kerrigan was attacked.
The incident made headlines for its brutality...
The actress, 27, is at the Toronto International Film Festival promoting the film in which she stars as infamous ice skater Tonya Harding, whose ex-husband tried to sabotage her rival Nancy Kerrigan leading up to the 1994 Winter Olympics.
For her red carpet appearance, the Australian star opted for a long sleeved blue gown with embroidered flowers.
The film follows Harding’s battle for supremacy in the ice and then her very public fall from grace after rival Kerrigan was attacked.
The incident made headlines for its brutality...
- 9/9/2017
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
One of the biggest scandals to rock the Olympic world was when Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and her bodyguard Shawn Eckhard plotted to remove Nancy Kerrigan from the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. What followed was a widely publicized attack on Kerrigan that left her with a bruised, but not broken, leg which made Kerrigan unable to compete in the championship. Nonetheless,... Read More...
- 9/9/2017
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off this week, and with it, the rest of a very busy fall festival season. In preparation for the lauded festival, we’ve hand-picked 20 films we can’t wait to see, from the starriest of premieres to the most unexpected of offerings. Check them out below.
“mother!”
Darren Aronofsky has veered off in many unpredictable directions over the years, but at his core, he’s a master at subverting the horror/thriller genres: From “Pi” to “Black Swan,” the filmmaker excels at taking his stories in creepy, unpredictable directions in which it’s hard to tell how much we can believe onscreen — and whether his characters have lost their minds. That mode certainly seems to be in play for “mother!”, which appears to be a “Rosemary’s Baby”-like tale of a married couple (Jennifer Laurence and Javier Bardem) whose home is infiltrated by...
“mother!”
Darren Aronofsky has veered off in many unpredictable directions over the years, but at his core, he’s a master at subverting the horror/thriller genres: From “Pi” to “Black Swan,” the filmmaker excels at taking his stories in creepy, unpredictable directions in which it’s hard to tell how much we can believe onscreen — and whether his characters have lost their minds. That mode certainly seems to be in play for “mother!”, which appears to be a “Rosemary’s Baby”-like tale of a married couple (Jennifer Laurence and Javier Bardem) whose home is infiltrated by...
- 8/30/2017
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson, David Ehrlich, Zack Sharf, Jude Dry, Chris O'Falt, Michael Nordine and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Nancy Kerrigan has a sense of humor.
Last week, Twitter had a field day when Kristi Yamaguchi wished Kerrigan luck on Dancing with the Stars by using the expression “break a leg,” an awkward choice of words giving Kerrigan’s history.
But showing there were no hard feelings, Kerrigan posed for a photo with Yamaguchi — who won the Mirrorball Trophy on season 6 of DWTS — with the pair holding a sign that read, “Break a leg, Nancy.”
Over two decades ago, Kerrigan, 47, made headlines when she was attacked in January 1994 with a police baton at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships...
Last week, Twitter had a field day when Kristi Yamaguchi wished Kerrigan luck on Dancing with the Stars by using the expression “break a leg,” an awkward choice of words giving Kerrigan’s history.
But showing there were no hard feelings, Kerrigan posed for a photo with Yamaguchi — who won the Mirrorball Trophy on season 6 of DWTS — with the pair holding a sign that read, “Break a leg, Nancy.”
Over two decades ago, Kerrigan, 47, made headlines when she was attacked in January 1994 with a police baton at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships...
- 4/4/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez and Patrick Gomez
- PEOPLE.com
Whoops!
Ahead of the Dancing with the Stars premiere on Monday evening, Kristi Yamaguchi sent her best wishes via Twitter to fellow figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, who is competing on season 24 with pro partner Artem Chigvintsev.
“So excited for you @NancyAKerrigan! Can’t wait to see you grace that ballroom floor, break a leg! #DWTS,” Yamaguchi, 45, tweeted early Monday, just hours ahead of the show’s premiere.
So excited for you @NancyAKerrigan ! Can't wait to see you grace that ballroom floor, break a leg! #DWTS
— Kristi Yamaguchi (@kristiyamaguchi) March 20, 2017
Although Yamaguchi, who won the Mirrorball Trophy on season 6 of DWTS,...
Ahead of the Dancing with the Stars premiere on Monday evening, Kristi Yamaguchi sent her best wishes via Twitter to fellow figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, who is competing on season 24 with pro partner Artem Chigvintsev.
“So excited for you @NancyAKerrigan! Can’t wait to see you grace that ballroom floor, break a leg! #DWTS,” Yamaguchi, 45, tweeted early Monday, just hours ahead of the show’s premiere.
So excited for you @NancyAKerrigan ! Can't wait to see you grace that ballroom floor, break a leg! #DWTS
— Kristi Yamaguchi (@kristiyamaguchi) March 20, 2017
Although Yamaguchi, who won the Mirrorball Trophy on season 6 of DWTS,...
- 3/22/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
Nancy Kerrigan is trading her ice skates for dancing shoes when she begins her ballroom journey on Dancing with the Stars‘ 24th season with pro partner Artem Chigvintsev.
Read on to learn five interesting facts about the 47-year-old retired professional athlete, who will be slipping back into sequins and tights once again to perform in front of a national audience.
1. She’s a two-time Olympic medalist.The married mother of three competed in two Winter Olympic Games and took home a medal both times.
She first competed in the event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, where she won the bronze medal.
Read on to learn five interesting facts about the 47-year-old retired professional athlete, who will be slipping back into sequins and tights once again to perform in front of a national audience.
1. She’s a two-time Olympic medalist.The married mother of three competed in two Winter Olympic Games and took home a medal both times.
She first competed in the event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, where she won the bronze medal.
- 3/20/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
A week after people got their first glimpse of Margot Robbie in character as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya, the upcoming biopic about the infamous figure skater, new pictures have emerged, offering the first look at Sebastian Stan as Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly.
In the image below, Stan is seen in character sporting a mustache, striped polo shirt and faded jeans while Robbie, as Harding, is seen with a short hairdo dressed in red.
The film, which is being directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Robbie under her LuckyChap Entertainment banner, focuses on the 1994 figure-skating scandal involving Harding...
In the image below, Stan is seen in character sporting a mustache, striped polo shirt and faded jeans while Robbie, as Harding, is seen with a short hairdo dressed in red.
The film, which is being directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Robbie under her LuckyChap Entertainment banner, focuses on the 1994 figure-skating scandal involving Harding...
- 1/24/2017
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Production is already well underway on the Atlanta set of Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya, but the figure skating drama has made room in its ranks for Julianne Nicholson, star of Black Mass, August: Osage County, and Sophie and the Rising Sun.
Joining Allison Janney, Paul Walter Hauser, Sebastian Stan and Margot Robbie for the upcoming sports pic, Nicholson has landed the part of Diane Rawlinson, the first skating coach to train disgraced Olympian Tonya Harding (Robbie). Once celebrated as the ice princess of the figure skating world – Harding made history after becoming the first American woman to complete the triple axel in major competitions in the early ’90s – Tonya Harding’s career and public image were left in tatters after her and her husband Jeff Gillooly (Stan) were found guilty of ordering a vicious attack on skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. However, karma prevailed after Kerrigan’s limped out of...
Joining Allison Janney, Paul Walter Hauser, Sebastian Stan and Margot Robbie for the upcoming sports pic, Nicholson has landed the part of Diane Rawlinson, the first skating coach to train disgraced Olympian Tonya Harding (Robbie). Once celebrated as the ice princess of the figure skating world – Harding made history after becoming the first American woman to complete the triple axel in major competitions in the early ’90s – Tonya Harding’s career and public image were left in tatters after her and her husband Jeff Gillooly (Stan) were found guilty of ordering a vicious attack on skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. However, karma prevailed after Kerrigan’s limped out of...
- 1/18/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Julianne Nicholson has joined the cast alongside Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison Janney.
Miramax announced on Wednesday that principal photography has begun in Atlanta, Georgia, on I, Tonya.
Craig Gillespie directs I, Tonya from a screenplay by Steven Rogers that explores the former Us ice skater’s involvement in the 1994 assault on professional Nancy Kerrigan.
Robbie will play Tonya Harding, Stan is Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, Janney is Harding’s mother Lavona, and Paul Walter Hauser plays the skater’s bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt.
Nicholson (pictured) portrays Harding’s first skating coach Diane Rawlinson.
Bryan Unkeless produces I, Tonya for Clubhouse Pictures, alongside Robbie and Tom Ackerley for LuckyChap Entertainment and Steven Rogers.
Len Blavatnik and Aviv Giladi serve as executive producers for AI Film, which is financing the project.
Zanne Devine and Rosanne Korenberg oversee the project for Miramax, which acquired the title for Us distribution last month.
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Miramax announced on Wednesday that principal photography has begun in Atlanta, Georgia, on I, Tonya.
Craig Gillespie directs I, Tonya from a screenplay by Steven Rogers that explores the former Us ice skater’s involvement in the 1994 assault on professional Nancy Kerrigan.
Robbie will play Tonya Harding, Stan is Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, Janney is Harding’s mother Lavona, and Paul Walter Hauser plays the skater’s bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt.
Nicholson (pictured) portrays Harding’s first skating coach Diane Rawlinson.
Bryan Unkeless produces I, Tonya for Clubhouse Pictures, alongside Robbie and Tom Ackerley for LuckyChap Entertainment and Steven Rogers.
Len Blavatnik and Aviv Giladi serve as executive producers for AI Film, which is financing the project.
Zanne Devine and Rosanne Korenberg oversee the project for Miramax, which acquired the title for Us distribution last month.
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- 1/18/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Audiences should have no problem swallowing Margot Robbie as troubled figure skater Tonya Harding in the upcoming biopic “I, Tonya.” NBC’s “Today” show got its hands on the first set photos featuring the actress in makeup as the former Olympian, who was banned from the sport for life after an investigation found she was involved in the attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan. The movie will cover the drama of Harding’s life leading up to the attack on Kerrigan, carried out by a hitman hired by Harding’s ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly. Sebastian Stan (“Captain America: Winter Soldier”) will play Gillooly,...
- 1/17/2017
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Margot Robbie is at it again!
The Australian actress was spotted Monday on the set of her upcoming Tonya Harding biopic, looking absolutely transformed for the role.
Wearing a pair of high-waisted ’90s jeans, a marbled blue sweater and sporting a wildly curled blonde wig, Robbie, 26, looked every bit the part of the disgraced former figure skater.
Robbie seemed to be sporting some face prosthetics — as well as a body suit — to further look like Harding for the film about the events leading up to the 1994 attack of rival figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. The movie will follow Harding’s story...
The Australian actress was spotted Monday on the set of her upcoming Tonya Harding biopic, looking absolutely transformed for the role.
Wearing a pair of high-waisted ’90s jeans, a marbled blue sweater and sporting a wildly curled blonde wig, Robbie, 26, looked every bit the part of the disgraced former figure skater.
Robbie seemed to be sporting some face prosthetics — as well as a body suit — to further look like Harding for the film about the events leading up to the 1994 attack of rival figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. The movie will follow Harding’s story...
- 1/17/2017
- by russiale93
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Paul Walter Hauser has been added to the cast of the upcoming Craig Gillespie-directed biopic I, Tonya, that stars Margot Robbie as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding. Miramax recently acquired the distribution rights to the film, which was written by Steven Rogers, with production scheduled to begin this month. The pic centers on former U.S. Olympic figure-skating champ Harding who, along with her husband Jeff Gillooly (played by Sebastian Stan), plotted…...
- 1/10/2017
- Deadline
Variety is reporting that Mom star Allison Janney has signed on to play another mom in I, Tonya, the Tonya Harding biopic that Margot Robbie has been attached to since early this year. The story describes the mom—Lavona Harding—as “eccentric” and “tough,” adding that an Espn 30 For 30 installment showed her being “particularly hard” on her daughter during competitions. Lavona Harding didn’t play a role in the infamous “whack Nancy Kerrigan in the knee scheme” (as far as we know), but maybe the movie will decide to tweak history a little and turn the attack into an Ocean’s 11-style ensemble crime.
Just yesterday, we reported that Sebastian Stan had signed on to play Jeff Gillooly, Harding’s estranged husband, with Robbie officially playing Harding herself. I, Tonya will be directed by Craig Gillespie.
Just yesterday, we reported that Sebastian Stan had signed on to play Jeff Gillooly, Harding’s estranged husband, with Robbie officially playing Harding herself. I, Tonya will be directed by Craig Gillespie.
- 12/16/2016
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Allison Janney has signed on to join Margot Robbie in the Tonya Harding film I, Tonya.
The film centers on infamous figure skater Harding (Robbie), who was at the center of a huge sports scandal at the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. There, Harding's husband Jeff Gillooly and a bodyguard hired a man to break the leg of her main competitor, Nancy Kerrigan.
Sebastian Stan is attached to play Gillooly, and Janney will portray Lavona, Harding's mother.
Craig Gillespie is directing the film, which Miramax will distribute. The script recently made the 2016 Black List.
Robbie is producing I, Tonya...
The film centers on infamous figure skater Harding (Robbie), who was at the center of a huge sports scandal at the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. There, Harding's husband Jeff Gillooly and a bodyguard hired a man to break the leg of her main competitor, Nancy Kerrigan.
Sebastian Stan is attached to play Gillooly, and Janney will portray Lavona, Harding's mother.
Craig Gillespie is directing the film, which Miramax will distribute. The script recently made the 2016 Black List.
Robbie is producing I, Tonya...
- 12/15/2016
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It looks like Margot Robbie can start lacing up her skates to play Tonya Harding—she boarded the I, Tonya film back in March, but that was when the project was still in search of a director and a distributor. But the project’s since gained lots of traction: Craig Gillespie (The Finest Hours, Lars And The Real Girl) is attached to direct and Miramax has bought the rights. Not only that, but Steven Rogers’ script landed on this year’s Black List, along with several other biopics. And another important piece of the skating scandal’s puzzle has just fallen into place, as Variety reports that Sebastian Stan has signed on to play Jeff Gillooly. It was Harding’s estranged husband who admitted to having hired Shane Stant to injure Nancy Kerrigan to keep her out of the 1994 Olympics. Kerrigan’s role has yet to be cast, but ...
- 12/14/2016
- by Danette Chavez
- avclub.com
Exclusive: Sebastian Stan is going from Winter Soldier to another icy role. The Marvel Universe regular has been cast as Tonya Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly in I, Tonya, the edgy comedy film being directed by Craig Gillespie that stars Margot Robbie as Harding. The project, penned by Steven Rogers, will expose the absurd, tragic and hilarious story-behind-the-story of one of sports’ most infamous scandals. The pic is ramping up now after Miramax secured U.S. distribu…...
- 12/13/2016
- Deadline
Nearly every criminal leaves behind one clue — that one piece of evidence that helps authorities solve the case.
For Tonya Harding, that piece of evidence was an envelope. On the envelope: doodles, notes, phone numbers and addresses that convinced authorities that she had planned out the attack on her skating rival, Nancy Kerrigan.
It was just seven weeks before the 1994 Olympic Winter Games when Kerrigan was clubbed on the knee by an assailant who had been hired by Harding and her husband. Known as “the whack heard around the world,” the ensuing scandal thrust both young women into the national spotlight.
For Tonya Harding, that piece of evidence was an envelope. On the envelope: doodles, notes, phone numbers and addresses that convinced authorities that she had planned out the attack on her skating rival, Nancy Kerrigan.
It was just seven weeks before the 1994 Olympic Winter Games when Kerrigan was clubbed on the knee by an assailant who had been hired by Harding and her husband. Known as “the whack heard around the world,” the ensuing scandal thrust both young women into the national spotlight.
- 12/10/2016
- by skhelling
- PEOPLE.com
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