Hedwig and the Angry Inch creator and star John Cameron Mitchell has been cast as famous big cat owner and criminal Joe Exotic, a.k.a.
Joe Schreibvogel, in an upcoming series for NBC, according to Variety.Mitchell will be playing Exotic, the main character of a wildly popular docuseries from Netflix last year that followed the larger-than-life gay private zoo owner in Oklahoma as he tried to keep his zoo open through animal attacks, financial and legal troubles, and drug use, and fought with big cat rights advocate Carole Baskin.
Baskin will be played by Kate McKinnon.“I’m thrilled to take on the role of this modern folk antihero,” said Mitchell. “Joe and I are the same age and like him, I grew up queer in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas so I.