There is no doubt we come to understand more about Harding than the tabloid coverage of the time offered: her lower - class roots, which made her stand out
among the other skaters, even as a child; her endurance of domestic abuse, first at the hands of her mother (Allison Janney) and then her eventual husband and conspirator Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan); her
sheer talent, including a history - making triple axel.