Craig Gillespie Will Direct Margot Robbie’s Tonya Harding Biopic
By Jack Giroux/June 15, 2016 6:30 am EST
Below, learn more about the project, which will star Margot Robbie.
Variety broke the news that Gillespie will direct Robbie in the Tonya Harding biopic. The Suicide Squad actress is also producing I, Tonya through her LuckyChap Entertainment Banner, which is currently working on Terminal, a film about hitmen starring Robbie, Simon Pegg, and Mike Myers.Steven Rogers (Love the Coopers) wrote the Harding biopic, based on interviews he did with the former ice skater and her ex-husband and accomplice, Jeff Gillooly. When Robbie’s casting was announced, it was said that Rogers’ take on the story is akin to Gus Van Sant’s To Die For, the pitch dark comedy starring Nicole Kidman.
Thankfully, the violent encounter only left Kerrigan with a bruise, leaving her enough time to recover and to go on to win a silver medal at the Olympics. Harding came in first place at the U.S. Figure Skating Championship that year, but she was stripped of the championship title after the U.S. Figure Skating Association conducted an investigation into the attack. Harding was ultimately banned from the organization. If you want to learn more about her story, check out 30 for 30: The Price of Gold (available on Netflix Instant).
