How much of the skating did Margot Robbie do in ‘I, Tonya’?
Question: We just saw “I, Tonya,” and I was wondering how much of the skating Margot Robbie actually did.
Answer: Robbie played skater Tonya Harding in the comedy-drama based on Harding’s life. And she spent months training for the film, Emmywinning skating choreographer Sarah Kawahara said in an interview with Indiewire. As a result, Kawahara said, “Margot did a lot of her own skating,” including high kicks, head rolls and “the position of prepping the triple axel and going into the triple axel and then landing it.”
That said, there also were two skating doubles that Kawahara said did “the heavy lifting, the big jumps and the fast spins and the footwork.” Entertainment Weekly noted that special 3-D head scans of Robbie’s head were used to superimpose her on the doubles’ faces when they were close to the camera.
“I, Tonya,” is now available on DVD, Blu-ray, digital and On Demand.
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