John Cameron Mitchell on Becoming Joe Exotic | 11

Joe vs Carole

Wondery

Joe Exotic, Over My Dead Body, True Crime

3.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Robert Moor talks with actor John Cameron Mitchell about what it was like to step into Joe Exotic’s cowboy boots for “Joe vs. Carole”. The two discuss the effects of Tiger King mania, how Mitchell nailed the Joe Exotic accent and how a pair of ass-less chaps may just have won him the role. The TV series based on the second season of Over My Dead Body premieres on Peacock March 3rd.

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0:00.0	From Wondery, I'm Robert Moore, and this is a special episode of Over My Dead Body.
0:26.0	Back in 2019, I hosted Season 2 of the podcast about a gay, gun carrying zoo owner from Oklahoma,
0:34.1	named Joe Exotic.
0:39.1	And the zoo is his kingdom.
0:47.7	Joe's main source of income, which involved breeding, selling, and exhibiting Tiger Cubs,
0:53.3	earned him an enemy with a checkered history all her own.
0:57.2	The operator of a big cat sanctuary in Florida, named Carol Baskin.
1:06.9	Now, the feud between Joe Exotic and Carol Baskin has been brought to life in a hilarious,
1:21.6	pretty addictive new television series on Peacock, called Joe vs. Carol.
1:37.4	Playing Joe is actor John Cameron Mitchell, best known as the star of headwagon the angry
1:42.6	inch among many other iconic roles.
2:11.7	I got to chat with John about his thoughts on Tiger King Mania, what it was like filming
2:16.6	this quintessentially American story in Australia, and how a pair of asless chaps may have
2:24.0	just won him the role.
2:29.3	Hey John, how's it going?
2:30.3	Good, how are you?
2:31.8	I'm good, I'm good, can you tell us where you are right now?
2:35.2	Where are you reaching us from?
2:36.2	I'm in New Orleans, I actually bought a plate my first house here and I'm very excited
2:42.6	to be working on it and fitting into this magical city which is one of the few cities left
2:49.2	with its soul intact in the US I think.
2:52.0	Well, congratulations on the new house.
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