I, Tonya Page #3

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22 EXT. WOODS -OREGON -MOMENTS LATER 22

Tonya and her father AL, 48, walk through the Oregon woods.

TONYA:

Dang!

AL:

It was a clean shot, Tonnie.

TONYA:

I know it. I was aiming for her eyeslike you said. Otherwise I coulda gother probably.

AL:

No sense in shooting a bunny if youshoot half the meat off her.

TONYA:

When I get older I’m gonna work in anoffice and have a deadline.

AL:

I thought you wanted to do IceCapades.

TONYA:

I can do both. Yesterday mom made mewear my skating costume to school. Thered one with the tassels. Everyonemade fun of me.

AL:

Why’d she do that?

TONYA:

Cause they were taking school picturesand she said we could use the samplesfor competitions. I told mom thatMargie Sussman called us white trashand mom told me

23 EXT. SCHOOL -DAY 23

Lavona with Tonya in her yellow skating outfit.

LAVONA:

Spit in her milk!!

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24 EXT. WOODS -OREGON -CONTINUOUS 24

BACK TO:
Tonya and Al

AL:

I hope you didn’t do that.

TONYA:

Not yet...

He takes Tonya’s gun, reloads it.

TONYA (CONT’D)

Do you love her?

AL:

I guess. Do you?

TONYA:

...Yeah.

AL:

Like you love me?

He hands the gun back to her.

TONYA:

Nope.

Al nods. She aims. She fires.

A bunny flies backward, dead.

25 INT. PRACTICE ICE RINK -OREGON -DAY 25

A DAINTY SKATER glides gracefully on one leg, arms extended.

Tonya barrels past, a bull in a china shop. She jumps and landsa triple. She looks to Lavona, standing with Diane.

Lavona ignores her.

LAVONA:

What does she need a f***ing fur coatfor? I don’t have a f***ing fur coat.

DIANE:

Because it’s not just skating. Thejudges want figure skaters to be-

LAVONA:

Rich, prissy, a-holes

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DIANE:

Well rounded. It’s a question offitting in.

LAVONA:

She’s 12 and she lands fuckingtriples. She doesn’t fit in. Shestands out.

DIANE:

She stands out because she looks like

she chops wood every morning.

LAVONA:

She does chop wood every..?

DIANE:

Lavona. You want to work with me a

little? 23 skaters I train so I can

coach Tonya full time.

LAVONA:

And I waitress full time to pay foryour coaching.

DIANE:

Yes, but she’s not my child.

LAVONA:

No she’s mine. And I’m not throwing mymoney away so she can fit in withthese little shits. You can dress up apig however you want, ya know what I’msaying?

DIANE:

It’s not about fitting in. It’s abouthow she’s growing up.

LAVONA:

Lick my ass, Diane. She can do afucking triple.

And in the background, Tonya does.

26 EXT. HARDING HOME -EVENING 26

Al skins rabbits as Tonya, in skates, dances around the yard.

TONYA (V.O.)

We didn’t have a lotta fun. We never

went to Disneyland or on trips.

(MORE)

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TONYA (V.O.) (CONT'D)

If I wanted something, I hada come up

with a way to get it.

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