haters always say Tonya tell the truth
there's no such thing as truth everyone
has their own truth
I was the best figure skater in the
world at one point in time I thought it
was so crazy I didn't realize it could
possibly be true call out a clean skate
for Christ's sake stop talking to her
that girl is your enemy
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you to do it yet then I found out it was
all true and I was shocked and also not
shocked because often real life is
crazier than the things we depict in
film he was really sweet in the
beginning he was a good kisser he loved
me and I believed him I knew immediately
when I read the script that it would be
incredible for our production company to
to partake in and I also definitely
wanted to play this role so I
immediately pitched myself to do both
when the story came out it was right at
the advent of the 24-hour news cycle and
the media very much latched on to Tanya
being the bad girl and Nancy Kerrigan
being the ice princess and the evil and
good and that narrative was was what the
media fed to everyone we need to see a
wholesome American family I don't have a
wholesome American family my entire life
I've been told when the Mountie nian
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you know what maybe I would and and now
having worked on the movie and seeing
what really happened in your life I have
so much more empathy for Tonya Harding
and understand that there were so many
other things at play
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here we also judge on presentation
didn't even even the playing field I
know God couldn't even be saying his
name Derrick the brass wanted me to be
the pilot crap I never did this who came
together really quickly you know I was
like I want to film this like now I've
got a window and let's let's go for it
she was a great leader a great a great
sort of captain of the ship
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he's going on well with the FBI they
know something what can you tell us
about Tonya Harding I don't know it Toni
hearted huh aren't you her bodyguard oh
she knew everybody's name on set she
always came in you know no matter how
long was shot and we shot this in 30
days so it's not like she was you know
having time to chill out I mean she was
working and skating and when she was not
shooting she was skating and back and
forth
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when I was a kid did you ever love me I
made you a champion knowing you'd hate
me for it that's the sacrifice a mother
makes accursed me and I think levana
tells herself that she was a good mother
and was providing her daughter with an
opportunity to to have a better life
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come on
frigging person bashes in their friend's
need it's not about replicating
someone's look I think what's more
important is to embody the spirit of
that person to understand their point of
view that persona their characteristics
their mannerisms their voice those kind
of things can help you embody a
character
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I Tania skates into cinemas this week
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