New York Post

Tom eyes Margot for meth

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TOM Arnold wants to give Margot Robbie the role of a lifetime: portraying his drug queenpin sister Lori in a scripted series he’s pitching.

“I really want to make this a scripted series, and I know it can happen! Margot would be great to play my sister because she is a badass and so is Lori. I can see her doing a total transforma­tion similar to what Charlize Theron did in ‘Monster,’ ” he told Page Six.

Theron won an Oscar in 2004 for her transforma­tional role in the movie.

“And of course for the role of me, I would want to play . . . me! But if I am unavailabl­e, Leonardo DiCaprio will do just fine,” he quipped.

An insider confirmed of the project: “It’s all in the early stages, but he’s approachin­g them.” Arnold has been making the rounds promoting the Discovery+ docuseries “Queen of Meth” about Lori’s life.

The three-part doc explores how Lori earned up to $200,000 a week as “one of the major meth distributo­rs in the Midwest, marking her as the [real life] female Walter White,” the “Breaking Bad” character, according to a press release.

“If it wasn’t happening to my own sister and the town I grew up in, I would say it wasn’t true, but it is! The story is wild, but really well done, and highlights a problem that is happening in our country today with addiction and the repercussi­ons from it,” Arnold said.

Lori’s life as a meth distributo­r eventually led her to become an addict. Her wild ride landed her behind bars twice. She was last arrested in 2001 and served a total of 15 years in prison. Tom and Lori also spoke to The Post’s Eric

Hegedüs, and Tom revealed that he feared his sister would end up dead.

“I’m just grateful she didn’t get murdered,” he said. “There was no way to end it, except death or prison. And she got lucky.”

Lori now lives a more low-key life as a material technician in Sandusky, Ohio. Still, in a trailer for the doc, she says, “I’ll always be remembered as the queen of meth.”

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