Thomasin McKenzie Recruited to Portray Kerri Strug in Olivia Wilde-Directed Biopic
Movie Perfect will chronicle the Olympic gymnast s heroic performance at the 1996 Olympics where she completed a final, gold medal-winning vault in the team competition on a badly injured ankle. May 4, 2021
Olivia Wilde s biopic about U.S. Olympic gymnast
Kerri Strug.
Perfect (2022) will chronicle the athlete s heroic performance at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she won the nation s hearts by completing a final, gold medal-winning vault in the team competition on a badly injured ankle that later required treatment for ligament damage.
The film will serve as Wilde s next directorial project, and now rising New Zealand-born star McKenzie, who landed her breakout role in 2018 drama