John Cameron Mitchell says it was important for him to make Joe Exotic ’empathetic’ in Joe vs Carole. Based on the Wondery Podcast of the same name, hosted and reported by Robert Moor, the limited Peacock series depicts the infamous feud between Exotic and fellow big cat conservationist Carole Baskin, played by Kate McKinnon.

It also follows the criminal case of Exotic, who was convicted and sentenced to 22 years in prison for animal abuse and attempted murder-for-hire for his plot to kill Baskin.

Their feud was memorably put to screen in Netflix’s true crime documentary Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, which quickly became one of the streamer’s most-watched series of all time.

Speaking with GAY TIMES, the Tony Award-winning performer – best known for co-creating the legendary musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch – admits he wasn’t the biggest fan of Tiger King because it was “too slam bang”. “I didn’t have a lot of empathy for the characters, so I couldn’t really get into it.

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