Created artwork Banks In the final episode of the BBC series The Outlaws, painted by Hollywood star Christopher Walken.
This six-part comedy tells the story of a group of incompatible people renovating an abandoned community center Bristol As part of community service, various crimes committed for them.
It was created by Stephen Merchant from Bristol and American writer and producer Elgin James.
Unknown street performer BanksThe show said that another native of Bristol used a can of spray paint to paint the word “Banks” on the mouse, which is a series of the show.
In the final episode aired on BBC iPlayer on November 10th, viewers will see Frank, played by Walken, finish his community service graffiti.
After finding the artwork, he asked his probation officer Diane (played by Jessica Gunning) if he should paint on it, and the upset Diane explained that any graffiti must be painted.
The series, and the final sixth episode, ends with Frank painting on graffiti.
A spokesperson for The Outlaws said: “We can confirm that the artwork at the end of The Outlaws is Banksy’s original. Christopher Walken painted this artwork while filming this scene and eventually destroyed it. “
The actor, writer and comedian businessman, also from Bristol, played the lawyer Greg in the series and starred with the teenager Rani (Ryan Barreto) who is about to go to Oxford University.
Socialite Gabi (Eleanor Tomlinson), young doorman Christian (Gamba Cole), right-wing businessman John (Darren Boyd), radical activist Mana (Claire Pa Kings) and Frank the crook (played by Hollywood star Walken) also joined them.
Last month, a partially torn banksy painting was sold at a London auction for 18,582,000 pounds.
His work Love Is In The Bin was sold by Sotheby’s auction house, which claimed that the cost was a record of street artists.
The painting was originally called “Girl with Balloons” and made headlines in 2018 when it partially self-destructed at the end of the last auction, when it was sold for 1.1 million pounds.
The canvas passed the secret shredder hidden in the big frame, the lower part was already in tatters, only an isolated red balloon remained on the white background in the frame.
Love Is In The Bin’s performance exceeded its estimate of 4 million to 6 million pounds.
The Outlaws can be watched on BBC iPlayer, and the series will be played on Amazon Prime in the United States next year.
