Tara Reid’s manager reveals Sharknado star ‘is being considered’ for Carole Baskin role in Tiger King film
Tara Reid’s manager Philippe Ashfield says the Sharknado actress may be cast in the part of Carole Baskin in a Tiger King movie.
The Netflix docu-series became a sensation this year, chronicling a feud between Baskin and zookeeper Joe Exotic who was convicted of trying to take a hit out on her.
‘We are in talks with the producers and she is being considered, that is all I can say at the moment as casting is on hold,’ Ashfield dished to the New York Post.
Dead ringer: Tara Reid’s (left) manager Philippe Ashfield says the Sharknado actress may be cast in the part of Carole Baskin (right) in a Tiger King movie.
‘Tara loves Tiger King and found the documentary extremely interesting,’ shared Ashfield, who is also her business partner.
‘She feels she could get into the character of Carole Baskin very well…and she has a similar look to [Carole],’ he argued.
There is already more than one scripted Tiger King adaptation percolating and it is unknown which of them Tara is pitching herself for.
Rob Lowe is chewing over the possibility of playing Joe Exotic in an adaptation created by Ryan Murphy, Deadline reported last month.
In the running: ‘We are in talks with the producers and she is being considered, that is all I can say at the moment as casting is on hold,’ Ashfield said of Reid (pictured) to the New York Post
Nicolas Cage will play Exotic in a scripted show based on a Texas Monthly article about the big cat owner that CBS TV Studios optioned last June, Variety reports.
Meanwhile Tara Reid has found herself getting mistaken for Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade and has had to publicly clarify that she is a different person.
Reid, 44, told the New York Post she had been on the business end of threats and trolling meant for Reade and wants the Internet to know: ‘You’ve got the wrong Tara!’
She explained: ‘I don’t know Joe Biden. I know about him but I’m not into politics at all. What is going on? The wrong person to bring into politics is me.’
There he is: Joe Exotic, who is in jail for his failed attempt to take a hit out on Baskin, is pictured in a promotional still for the Netflix show Tiger King
Roaring success: There is already more than one scripted adaptation percolating of Tiger King, in which Baskin is pictured
Reade has accused presidential candidate Biden of pinning her to a wall and digitally penetrating her against her will in 1993, when he was in the Senate and she was one of his staff assistants – an allegation he denied on Morning Joe.
Meanwhile Reid currently has 16 upcoming projects on her IMDb page, including a drama currently in pre-production called Dr. Quarantine.
Her upcoming horror movie Mummy Dearest, which reunites her with her Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No star Lou Ferrigno, has already been completed.
Throwback: Nicolas Cage (pictured in the 1997 film Con Air) will play Exotic in a scripted show based on a Texas Monthly article about the big cat owner, Variety reports
Feeling the part: Rob Lowe is chewing over the possibility of playing Joe Exotic in an adaptation by Ryan Murphy; he even dressed up for the role on Instagram as a joke last month