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Kate McKinnon Reveals ‘Tiger King’ Wasn’t What Made Her Sign On To ‘Joe Vs. Carol’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Kate McKinnon plays a
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Speaker 1: character in Joe Versus Carol that just about everybody got
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Speaker 1: to know at the beginning of the pandemic, Carol Baskin,
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Speaker 1: who was at the heart of the story in the
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Speaker 1: Netflix docuseries Tiger King. But Kate's interest in the character
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Speaker 1: didn't start with the Tiger King. She tells d Today's show,
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Speaker 1: these are larger than live characters, and I love larger
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Speaker 1: than live characters. And I actually signed onto the show
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Speaker 1: before Tiger King came out based on the podcast. Then
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Speaker 1: I saw the actual footage of her and I was like, yes,
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Speaker 1: the hair, the look, the boys, She's effervescent. She's a character,
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Speaker 1: and there are so few left in the natural world.
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Speaker 1: But even then after during research, I respected and admired
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Speaker 1: her and her mission to end private big cat ownership
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