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Louis Theroux set to make new documentary about Tiger King star Joe Exotic

Louis Theroux is set to make new documentary about Tiger King star Joe Exotic.

The popular filmmaker first met Joe, who’s real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, 10 years ago while making the BBC film ‘America’s Most Dangerous Pets’.

BBC Two has announced a new feature-length special with the working title ‘Louis Theroux: The Cult of Joe Exotic’, in which Louis “sets out to understand who the real Joe Exotic is”.

BBC said: “He meets old friends from his original documentary, the team trying to get him out of prison and those closest to Joe who have never spoken before.”

Louis added: “This is one of those quintessentially American stories, taking place in the heartland of Oklahoma, with a cast of characters almost too colourful and larger-than-life to be believed.”

“I spent eight or nine days filming at the park back in 2011, over the course of three separate visits. I’d forgotten how much we shot until I went back into the footage during lockdown.”

“It’s extraordinary how much was there. Since then the story just got stranger and bigger, and in going back at the end of last year I uncovered a real-life drama that took me in directions I never could have expected.”

BBC

Tiger King star Joe is serving a 22-year prison sentence, after he was convicted of hiring a hitman to kill his rival Carole Baskin back in 2019.

Despite his conviction, the former zoo owner has maintained his innocence.

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