Margot Robbie to play figure skater Tonya Harding

"Wolf of the Wall Street" star Margot Robbie is all set to play notorious figure skater Tonya Harding in "I, Tonya".
The movie is written by Steven Rogers of "Kate & Leopold" fame and is a true story about one of the most vilified athletes in American sports history, reported the Entertainment Weekly.
Harding rose to fame at 21 years old by winning the US Figure Skating Championships and nabbing second in the World Championships. She was a favorite for the 1994 Winter Olympics.
A month before the Games, fellow American skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at the US Figure Skating Championships. Harding's ex-husband and one of her bodyguards hired someone to break Kerrigan's legs ahead of the competition, forcing her to withdraw. Harding won the competition.

She pleaded guilty in March 1994 to conspiring to hinder prosecution in the attack and was ultimately banned from the US Figure Skating Association for life.