Peacock’s Joe Exotic series has found its newest cast member in Nat Wolff.
According to Deadline, Paper Towns vet Nat Wolff is the latest star to join the cast of Peacock’s planned series about Tiger King breakout personality, Joe Exotic.
The forthcoming limited series is based on the Wondery Podcast of the same name. It’s set to center on Carole Baskin— a fellow big cat enthusiast who discovers that exotic animal lover Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel is both breeding and using his big cats for profit.
Armed with that knowledge, Baskin makes it her mission to try and shut Exotic down. What transpires is a heated rivalry between the two, which ultimately ends up exposing Baskin’s own convoluted past.
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For his part, Nat Wolff is set to take on the role of Travis Maldonado, one of Joe Exotic’s husbands.
He Saturday Night Live vet Kate McKinnon as well as John Cameron Mitchell, who will take on the roles of Carole Baskin and Joe Exotic, respectively. Other actors set to star in the Peacock limited series include Brian Van Holt who will play John Reinke.
Behind the camera, Etan Frankel (Shameless, Friday Night Lights, Sorry For Your Loss) will serve as writer as well as executive producer. Meanwhile, Justin Tipping will helm the first four episodes of the series.
Currently, there’s no word on when we might expect to see Peacock’s Joe Exotic limited series debut via the streamer.
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