Margot Robbie Goes For the Gold In Uncensored ‘I, Tonya’ Trailer

You’ve never seen Margot quite like this.

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The critics who lapped up I, Tonya at the Toronto International Film Festival say Margot Robbie has a real shot at Oscar gold for her portrayal of disgraced Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding.

The red-band trailer for director Craig Gillespie critical darling is here, and it’s perhaps the only Oscar contender to drop the C-word in the first minute of its trailer.

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The film centers on the 1994 attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan, which was orchestrated by Harding’s then-husband Jeff Gillooly. Sebastian Stan briefly appears as the mustached baddie in the trailer, but it’s Robbie’s show.

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Margot brings unmistakable pathos to the role of the most hated figure skater in America, depicting her as a girl from a broken home who dared to dream. But Robbie understands the absurdity of the plot (a figure skating tabloid crime scandal) and provides the necessary comedy as well.

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Allison Janney has a shot at Best Supporting Actress as Harding’s foul-mouthed mother. She’s the real villain of the film, a chain-smoking grouch who tells her daughter she’ll never amount to anything at a young age.

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I, Tonya will be equal parts tragedy and comedy. What’s more, it’ll make for the darkest and most deranged Christmas movie when it hits theaters on December 8.

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