Jared Leto made the most of his Thursday night by dressing up as Joe Exotic, a central figure in the Netflix True-crime documentary Tiger King, which Leto was hosting a viewing for on Twitter.
Leto announced Wednesday afternoon that he would be hosting a Tiger King viewing party that night at 6 p.m. PDT on Twitter. The tweet came with a picture of Leto’s face edited onto Joe Exotic, who is the subject of the documentary miniseries and the most-watched program of the day on Netflix in the United States. The series focuses on an eccentric man who bought an Oklahoma horse farm in the 90s and converted it into a zoo. The Netflix Twitter account clarified 30 minutes before the event began that it would be a viewing party of just the first episode.
Leto posted his first tweet one minute before the 6 p.m. start time. “Got my popcorn. Pressing play on #TigerKing Episode 1. Let’s do this @Netflix #JaredLetoCinemaClub,” Leto wrote. An image accompanying the tweet showed Leto in a colorful collared shirt in the essence of the flamboyant subject of the documentary. Instead of a real tiger, Leto has what looks like a stuffed animal bracelet.
Leto then says in a follow-up tweet that he’s already seen the entire series and promises viewers a wild “ride.” In his next two tweets, he thanked Netflix “for keeping us entertained during this challenging time” and thanked Joe “for keeping fringe alive.”
The multi-hyphenate consistently commented on the wardrobe of the people in the documentary and found a striking comparison between a shirt that he previously wore and a shirt that somebody wears in the show.
Leto tweeted throughout the episode and ended his viewing party with more praise for the Netflix miniseries.
“Wow. Mind blown again – end of episode one,” Leto wrote. “Masterful direction and great job to all involved with the production!!!”
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Tiger King consists of seven episodes running 40-50 minutes each and was released on March 20 on Netflix. IGN’s review of the series calls it “a fascinating and depressing look inside a community of big cat fanatics.” Kate McKinnon is starring in a scripted miniseries based on Joe Exotic’s story, and Dax Shepard and Edward Norton are fan-casting themselves as Joe Exotic.
For those that have seen the series, here is what the subjects of the series are doing today. Leto was also in the news himself recently after finding out about the coronavirus way later than most people.
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Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN.
Source: IGN.com Jared Leto Dressed Up as Joe Exotic to Host a Tiger King Viewing Party