Margot Robbie Figure Skating Movie

You have questions. I have some answers. Q: We just saw “I, Tonya, ” and I was wondering how much of the skating Margot Robbie actually did. A: Robbie, of course, played the notorious skater Tonya Harding in the comedy-drama based on Harding’s life.

A: Robbie, of course, played the notorious skater Tonya Harding in the comedy-drama based on Harding’s life. And she spent months training for the film, Emmy-winning 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 were also two skating doubles that Kawahara 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.

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For those of you wanting to see this movie magic, “I, Tonya, ” is now available on DVD, Blu-ray, digital and On Demand.

Q: I was watching my recording of the new program “Instinct” when it was cut off because of a late start. It appears that an NCAA basketball game went beyond its allocated time and delayed “Instinct.” There was no warning from CBS that they were going to cut off the program and no attempt to extend it. If they are going to cater to sports fans by extending their coverage, the entire programming should be shifted forward so that no shows are cut off.

A: As far as I know, “Instinct” was not cut off; it started about 37 minutes late in Ohio and ran in its entirety, as did the other delayed-by-basketball programs on the network that night. Your problem was one that crops up often when shows air after live events — especially sports such as football, basketball and golf. (This issue comes up a lot during NFL seasons when there are frequent late-afternoon games.) No one knows for certain when a live game is going to end, so advance schedules are at best an educated guess; at the same time, in most cases live games are carried to their conclusion even if that includes overtime, countless time-outs or other causes of extended time.

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The problem, then, is in the recording of the shows. DVRs and other recorders react to the scheduled program time and end as originally planned. But if you suspect an event before your favorite show is going to run long, you need to add time to the scheduled recording. When I schedule on my cable DVR, I get a set of options including a choice of adjusting both the start and end time of a program to be recorded. If, then, I know a program is going to start late, I can adjust the start time, and if I think it will run longer than scheduled, I can add anywhere from one minute to two hours to the recording time. In almost all cases that ensures I will get the program I am looking for in its entirety.

Q: I would love to have a DVD of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” starring Donny Osmond. Do you know if one is available? I would be so grateful to buy it for my daughters and myself.

A: Universal released a version of the production on DVD in 2000. It is billed as “inspired by” the London Palladium version of the stage show and, “specially filmed for video.” Besides Osmond, the cast includes Richard Attenborough and Joan Collins.

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Q: We have found “Person of Interest” and “The Blacklist” on Netflix. How many episodes are there of each? Are they still making new episodes?

A: “The Blacklist” is in its fifth season and, after a short hiatus, will have new episodes on NBC starting April 4; it had aired 105 episodes before this break began. “Person of Interest” ended its five-season run in 2016 after 103 episodes.

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But when one skater, Nancy Kerrigan , is battered by a hitman to improve the chances of rival Tonya Harding, Margot thought it was getting a little far-fetched.

Especially when the attacker had been hired by Tonya’s ex-husband. And the hapless “hitman” had first gone to the wrong rink – and had no escape plan.

But then Margot got a shock... this was a real story and it had stunned the world in 1994, when she was just three.

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She said: “I kept turning the page and the scenario became even more outlandish. Imagine my surprise when I found out it was based on fact. Real life is crazier than fiction, right there.”

And on Friday, UK fans can see Margot portray Tonya as a new movie questions whether the figure skater who became a hate figure was actually a victim too.

She said of the backlash against the sportswoman: “I think there was extreme misrepresentation in the media that acted as judge and jury.

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“To judge a person on a five-second news flash is so wrong but we all do it every single day. After this experience, I think I’m trying to make an effort to not judge people so harshly and quickly.”

Back in 1994, Tonya’s manager – ex-husband Jeff Gillooly – hired her minder to orchestrate a kneecapping of Nancy just six weeks before the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Now Margot has stepped on to the ice to retell the tale and landed an Oscar nomination too – all coinciding nicely with the Pyeongchang Games.

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They had met during filming. Margot said: “She was really gracious and respectful and happy with what we achieved. She did offer to train me but I was well-rehearsed by then.”

Margot, who found fame in Aussie soap Neighbours and starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf Of Wall Street, had limited experience on the ice.

“Growing up in Australia, on the Gold Coast, there isn’t a huge presence of ice rinks, ” she said. “Strangely, I played in an ice hockey team when I moved to America. I was a terrible skater but it didn’t matter because you’re wearing so much padding.

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Margot also had to master her character’s individual style. For Tonya was an athletic powerhouse, only the second in the world to land a daunting triple axel, which requires an extra half rotation in the air.

The move is so difficult that camera trickery was used to recreate it for the film. Margot added: “Our choreographer was like, ‘No, that’s impossible, only six women in the world have done it since Tonya’. So we had to work up some magic with CGI.

The film shows Tonya in a pitying light. She had a troubled childhood, growing up in a trailer park in Portland, Oregon, and suffering beatings at the hands of an alcoholic mum. Ice skating was, according to her coach Diane Rawlinson, her “ticket out of the gutter”.

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“It was either skating or school, ” Tonya recalled in an interview. “It was hard to survive – moving so much, not having many friends. But I loved my skating.”

Fast forward to the eve of the 1994 Games in Lillehammer and Tonya’s form had taken a dip. Her former roommate Nancy was already an Olympic bronze medallist and among the top contenders.

As Nancy was practising in Detroit for the US Championships, hired thug Shane Stant approached and whacked her right thigh with a collapsible baton.

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Nancy had to withdraw from the event, which Tonya won. Stant earned £5, 000 to carry out the attack but was quickly arrested by the FBI – along with Gillooly, Tonya’s minder Shawn Eckardt and getaway driver Derrick Smith.

By January 27, Tonya begged forgiveness after admitting she had suspected their involvement after the event but didn’t alert the authorities. Both women went on to compete at the Olympics. And in one of the most-watched sporting events in US history, Nancy returned a heroine with a silver medal while tearful Tonya had to settle for eighth. There was even drama as Tonya asked for a re-skate because of trouble with her laces.

Gillooly, who testified against Tonya in a plea deal, was later jailed for two years for racketeering. Eckardt, Stant and Smith also served time.

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Tonya admitted conspiring to hinder the prosecution of the four men and was given probation, community service – and a whopping £110, 000 fine.

Tonya has always denied knowing about the plot in advance and even claimed Gillooly’s warped aim was intended to destroy her career. In her 2008 book The Tonya Tapes she said Gillooly beat her and threatened to kill