Dream Casting Nic Cage's Tiger King Series
4. Don Lewis - Bob Odenkirk
One character who was missing from the Netflix series for obvious reasons (he's dead, or at least missing) is Carole Baskin's former husband Don Lewis. The character would be pivotal to a Tiger King movie, although there are so many twists and turns related to his story that producers could probably create a whole film around his tale alone.
As we know little about Don Lewis outside the fact that he was extremely wealthy and was close to illiterate, we have a pretty wide scope for who to select for this role. Assuming Don is seen as a bit of a down trodden type who is poorly treated by his younger wife, and with our number one choice Brian Dennehy sadly a recent departure from this world, we're giving Bob Odenkirk a call.
Odenkirk has displayed his acting range as Saul Goodman in the Breaking Bad franchise, the smooth talker who often finds mischief awaiting him around every corner. Odenkirk could really build the character up from scratch, although his dynamic with the actor in the role of Carole Baskin would be a crucial one. Speaking of Carole...