Joe Exotic Wants Brad Pitt Or David Spade To Play Him In A Movie About His Life

The whole world is seemingly talking about Joe Exotic, Doc Antle and Carole Baskin.

If these names mean nothing to you then you clearly haven't watched the Netflix documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.

It all centres on gun-toting, polygamist zoo-owner Joe Exotic and his various industry rivals, unfurling over the course of seven episodes into everything from drug kingpins and conmen through to cult leaders and murder-for-hire plots.

The series leaves you gobsmacked at every twist and turn and it's causing such a stir that people are calling for a biopic to be made.

The filmmakers who brought this whacky story to life have been in touch with Joe, who has expressed who he would like to portray him in a biopic.

Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin told The Hollywood Reporter that Joe wants either Brad Pitt or David Spade on board for the project, if it were ever to eventuate.

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That's a tall order.

There have been a few rumblings about getting a series together about the life and times of Joseph Maldanado-Passage, with Saturday Night Live's Kate McKinnon very keen to get something together.

But it seems like Joe Exotic is very pleased that the world is collectively saying his name at the moment.

Good has told LADbible: "Joe has called up Rebecca and I from jail since the airing of the documentary.

"You know, he has lived his entire life just to be famous, and so to finally realise this fame is just... He's tickled pink.

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"Even though he's behind bars it's really interesting to see Joe's response - it's incredible, and very surprising. Yes, he's absolutely thrilled."

Goode, meanwhile, admitted he had 'mixed feelings' about it all, adding: "I have empathy for Joe and there are many qualities that I found fascinating and endearing about Joe, but at the same time Joe did horrific things.

"He was one of those people that would try to tell you what you wanted to hear. He's very manipulative - and smart in many ways.

"But in the end you know all of these people, including Carole, created their own little world within a world, and most of them are you know living outside of mainstream America.

"And in Joe's case, he played by his own rules and in the end he was his own worst enemy."

Topics: Entertainment, Celebrity

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie is a Trending Journalist at LADbible. His first job was as a newsreader and journalist at the award winning Sydney radio station, Macquarie Radio. He was solely responsible for the content broadcast on multiple stations across Australia when the MH17, Germanwings and AirAsia disasters unfolded. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign.

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