I, Tonya
Margot Robbie transforms into controversial figure skater Tonya Harding in the new tormentor trailer forI , TonyafromLars and the Real Girldirector Craig Gillespie . I , Tonyawon decisive raves when it played at the Toronto International Film Festival in September , and was pick up by Neon for $ 5 million with an eye towardpushing the filmas an awards - time of year thespian .
The real - life Tonya Harding rose from a hard - luck background to become a reality - family physique skater , contend in the 1992 Winter Olympics . Harding ’s repute and career went off the cliff after she was impeach of being involved in a bizarre plot with her ex-wife - husband Jeff Gillooly and bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt , to hurt her top rival Nancy Kerrigan and pull her to crawfish out from the 1994 Winter Olympics . The flack on Kerrigan , which involved a stooge name Shane Slant striking the skater in the stage with a billy , exploded into a massive world - wide medium account with Harding becoming both a pariah and a punchline .
The first puzzle house trailer forI , Tonyafrom Neon grant us a glance ofHarley Quinn herself , Margot Robbie ’s translation into Harding , while hint at the cinema ’s unconventional approach to Harding ’s well - known story . The tormenter ab initio seems to promise a blandly inspirational underdog sports tale ( which is what Harding ’s material story might have been had thing developed in the common fashion ) , then admit a sharp go into dark territorial dominion .
Robbie skates and twirls her path across the shabu , in a refreshment of the historical triplex axel that was the pinnacle of Harding ’s career , while her mother ( Allison Janney ) and other adore sports fan steady down her on . However , the sentiency of triumph does n’t last : we then see a brief shot of Slant taking out the baton he would practice to attack Kerrigan , the event that catalyse Harding ’s downfall , and flashing police lights and a snipping of a make - up free Robbie being hounded by the closet .
Then the teaser fill one last turn : Robbie ’s voiceover talks about " hater " hounding her to recount the verity , but she insist " There ’s no such affair as Sojourner Truth , I mean it ’s bull – t. " The arc of the teaser takes us from a kind of fantasy interlingual rendition of Harding ’s story - as she herself may have imagined it - then reach us with the severe truth of Harding ’s drop from grace … but then sees Harding admit back her own write up with her brazen assertion that there ’s no truth anyway .
Many were surprised when Robbie elect to take on the character of Harding , and some of the more cynical critic out there charge her of pulling a classic " uglying - down " play in hopes of garner an Oscar nomination . I , Tonyais indeed get Oscar bombilation , with Robbie and co - star Janney both being mention as possible acting candidate ( so if Robbie ’s move was forecast , it seems to be working).I , Tonyaalso starsBucky Barnes himselfSebastian Stan , Mr. RobotactorBobby Cannavale , Julianne Nicholson and Caitlin Carver .
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Source : Neon
