John Cameron Mitchell Joins Kate McKinnon in Joe Exotic Miniseries John Cameron Mitchell joins Kate McKinnon in Joe Exotic miniseries As Amazon is currently at work developing the Nicolas Cage-led drama on the figure after acquiring it from CBS Studios, NBCUniversal’s Joe Exotic miniseries has added Hedwig and the Angry Inch writer/star John Cameron Mitchell as Exotic, who joins previously-cast Kate McKinnon ( I’m thrilled to take on the role of this modern folk antihero,” Mitchell said. “ Joe and I are the same age and like him, I grew up queer in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas so I feel like I know a little bit about this guy and his desperate attempt to conquer an inhospitable world.”