Margot Robbie adored the script for “I, Tonya,” the bonkers, ultimately dismaying film about the American figure skater Tonya Harding and the 1994 attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan.
But the actress feared no one would let her play the title role, not least because Robbie is Australian. “I always have impostor syndrome with any of my characters,” she said in an interview in Manhattan in late November. Robbie ended up serving as a producer of the picture, putting in a performance that earned her an Oscar nomination, her first, for Best Actress.
Robbie also shared her thoughts on the ’94 scandal and the criticism of the film’s depiction of domestic violence.
Q: I’m guessing there wasn’t a lot of ice around you growing up.
A: Definitely no ice. Didn’t do any ice skating growing up. When I moved to America, I joined an ice hockey team, because I loved “The Mighty Ducks” growing up.