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TIL: That Margot Robbie, who played Tonya Harding and was co-producer for the movie I, Tonya, did not realize the screenplay was based on a real event until after she finished reading it. Immediately prior to filming, Robbie flew from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon to meet Harding.

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