Oscar buzz is already starting to mount after the movie received rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival.
And talented Margot Robbie makes an astounding transformation into disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the first teaser trailer for I, Tonya, released on Thursday.
The new 50-second clip unveils the first look at the actress, 27, masterfully whizzing around the ice.
First look: Margot Robbie makes an astounding transformation into disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the first teaser trailer for I, Tonya, released on Thursday
The clip opens with Robbie, in full glittering costume, dragging on a cigarette in the dark before heading out onto the ice.
‘America, they want someone to love,’ the Australian star narrates in an impressive Oregon accent. ‘But they want someone to hate.’
Interspersed is footage of the actress skating in front of baying crowds and forcing her way through media scrums.
Alison Janney, sporting accurately awful wig, also makes her first appearance as Harding’s mother LaVona Golden, chugging a drink at a bar and not looking too impressed.
A woman of many talents: The new 50-second clip unveils the first look at the actress, 27, masterfully whizzing around the ice
Real deal: The real Tonya Harding competing at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer
Dark: The clip opens with Robbie, in full glittering costume, dragging on a cigarette in the dark before heading out in the ice
Love hate relationship: ‘America, they want someone to love,’ the Australian narrates in an impressive Oregon accent. ‘But they want someone to hate.’
Avengers star Sebastian Stan also makes a mustachioed ex-husband Jeff Gillooly.
‘And the haters always say, “Tonya, tell the truth!” she concludes. ‘There’s no such thing as truth. I mean, it’s bullsh*t.’
Tonya – now 46 – was infamously accused of ordering an attack on fellow skater and rival Nancy Kerrigan.
Circus: Interspersed is footage of Robbie skating in front of baying crowds and forcing her way through media scrums
Full story: ‘And the haters always say, “Tonya, tell the truth!” she concludes. ‘There’s no such thing as truth. I mean, it’s bullsh*t.’
Bitter: Tonya – now 46 – was infamously accused of ordering an attack on fellow skater and rival Nancy Kerrigan
An Olympian then famed for her triple axel, she found herself slapped with a lifetime ban from the U.S. Figure Skating Association in 1994.
Her bodyguard and her ex-husband had enlisted a thug to break Nancy’s leg, and although he bungled the job, he still bruised Nancy severely enough to force her out of the U.S. Figure Skating Championship.
The next month, both Tonya and Nancy competed in the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.
The former earned eighth place, the latter a silver medal.
Barely recognizable: Alison Janney, sporting accurately awful wig, also makes her first appearance as Harding’s mother LaVona Golden, chugging a drink at a bar
Winter soldier: Avengers star Sebastian Stan also makes a mustachioed ex-husband Jeff Gillooly
Talented: An Olympian then famed for her triple axel, she found herself slapped with a lifetime ban from the U.S. Figure Skating Association in 1994
Dream? The trailer shows a fleeting and disturbing – and probably imagined – moment when when one skater brutally beats another with a baseball bat
The three men – as well as the getaway car driver – served time for their involvement in the attack.
Tonya pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder their prosecution, thereby managing to keep herself out of prison.
The trailer shows a fleeting and disturbing – and probably imagined – moment when when one skater brutally beats another with a baseball bat.
I, Tonya hits theatres on December 8.
Coming soon: I, Tonya hits theatres on December 8
Glamorous: Margot was almost unrecognizable from her appearance at the ELLE Women in Hollywood Celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday night