John Cameron Mitchell was so excited to play Tiger King's Joe Exotic that it was the first role he auditioned for in 25 years

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"I thought, 'Here's a role that's worth auditioning for.' You know, this is a crazy enough role to sink my teeth into. So, I'm over the moon," Mitchell said of the NBC Universal miniseries, co-starring Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin. Mitchell added that the limited series will be much different from the Netflix docuseries. "I love what they're going to be doing with the story," he said. "It's going to be much more deeply felt, heartfelt than the docuseries, which is more sensational." ALSO: Carole Baskin is starting her own cryptocurrency.