Margot Robbie a “cussing” master on screen

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IF MARGOT Robbie misses out on an Oscar she will still have the consolation prize of being one of the biggest pottymouths in Hollywood film history.

Whilethe Queensland star is receiving critical acclaim for her role as figure skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya – including an Oscar nomination – the film’s use of profanities became a talking point when Harding herself pointed to it as one of her biggest gripes with the film.

Considering Robbie’s breakout Hollywood role in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street also saw a record-breaking use of the f-word expletive, even the Queensland star is noticing a theme.

“That’s my fault. I swear so much when I act. I get caught up in the moment. It’s a terrible habit. I did apologise to her (Harding) about the swearing,” Robbie said.

The Wolf of Wall Street set a new Guinness World Record for the most swearing in one film with the same f-word expletive used a whopping 506 times at an average of 2.81 times per minute.

In I, Tonya, rated MA 15+, the characters swear about 180 times, averaging 1.5 a minute – which for a film that involves sequences of silent ice skating is not an easy feat. While Allison Janney as ruthless mother LaVona Golden contributes heavily, Robbie’s vocabularly of profanities in the film is impressive – saying f--- 83 times in the 119-minute flick among 103 swear words.

“Trust me, I don’t say the word (expletive) 120 times a day,” Harding told The New York Times. “That might come out once in a while when something really bad happens or I hurt myself. I mean, the movie portrayed me as this person who cussed every 10 seconds and I don’t cuss like that.”

In one memorable scene of creative licence, Harding confronts the judging panel in front of a stadium of fans, hurls obscenities at them and tells them to “suck my d---’’ – which Harding insisted never happened.

“I did not go to the judges on the ice and talk to them like that in front of everyone. When I spoke to the judges they were in the back hallway room telling me you need to have better dresses. I go, ‘Well if you can find me $5000 to make me a dress then I’ll wear it and I won’t have to sew these anymore.’ I go, ‘You know what? Out of my face!’ ”

Robbie attended the British Academy Film Awards nominees party at Kensington Palace on Saturday ahead of the awards ceremony in London today, where she is up for best actress for her role in I, Tonya.