Christopher Walken, star of the new streaming series “The Outlaws,” did what many art fans consider sacrilegious act of vandalism: He painted over an original Banksy!A spokesperson for the BBC iPlayer series confirmed the 78-year-old film icon’s act of destruction in a statement. “We can confirm that the artwork at the end of The Outlaws was an original Banksy, and that Christopher Walken painted over that artwork during the filming of this scene, ultimately destroying it,” they told BBC.“The Outlaws,” also starring comedian and show director Steven Merchant, was filmed in Banksy’s hometown of Bristol, where the clandestine graffiti artist began spray-painting satirical images of a Teddy bear protester, a masked gorilla and philandering.
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