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he could never have imagined just how far things would go.
Even though the Andre the Giant sticker
[children chattering]
he could take me anywhere;
so then I went on Pirates of the Caribbean.
to the mysterious Englishman.
and him selling a lot of expensive art very quickly,
the pressure was starting to show.
they wouldn't give it to me, you know?
prices for work by leading street artists rocketed,
Thierry was questioned by Disney's security people
I like it. I like it.
and I had this idea
everything I was doing.
three times, five times, ten times, twelve times,
NARRATOR: Thierry's documentary was shaping up to be
Ooh...
and, like, selected different pictures,
NARRATOR: A few months later,
Never, never, never.
[loud crash]
[jaunty accordion music]
In the beginning, you're, like, thinking,
I used to take things that,
It's good, you know? It's good.
And one moment,
So I'm starting to feel scared.
only over three days and in skid row.
and you can decide who it is
I'll be your driver.
a lot of it was starting to disappear the next day.
That's why I call myself Mr. Brainwash.
you know, working just as hard as the guys Thierry brought in,
Why don't you go and put up some more of your posters
You know, he's really, like...
# What you see sets you apart #
It was going in a box somewhere.
[imitating camera shutter snapping]
in this tiny world of street art,
telling me he could do anything;
[discordant electronic music]
This is when I saw that he was, like, a legend.
NARRATOR: But it wasn't just Shepard
He just goes and does.
I made £1 million worth,
You know what? We're working right now.
and I asked somebody to illustrate it,
- You know Banksy? - I don't know.
# #
with the notoriously secretive artist,
but I said it's great
NARRATOR: While Banksy went on the rides,
you know, he was putting mosaics together
of the little show Banksy had suggested.
to make art.
to become the biggest countercultural movement
Thierry was forced to accept that he may never find a way
and I put in a toy from Fisher-Price.
NARRATOR: And just when it seemed that the pressure
so he's like, What you gonna do?
It's before Batman.
But even back in 2000,
# No, nothing ever mattered more than my darling #
and everything about it is shit
Don't film from that side.
You'll see if I'm a real artist or not.
it was going nowhere.
Bye!
# #
Hello, this is Shepard Fairey.
You know?
# These lights in our hearts #
did a good job.
and his increasingly ambitious adventures
# Do you know that tonight the streets are ours? #
and we just shot off, like, the morning before the show.
# #
and then there's this sign with a picture of a camera on it
and now, under the influence of pain-numbing drugs,
# But do you know that tonight the streets are ours? #
You know, it was not like,
This room looks almost done.
I'm not gonna make it.
Looks a bit like Banksy,
you know, he's really like what he represent.
There is... people comes.
Thierry simply carried on,
[children wailing]
I worry for everybody, actually,
was, like, buy some tape and go somewhere, you know?
I was very curious how the hell
This is one piece that I really like,
I find a way of making the no as a yes.
You know, we all needed someone who knew how to use a camera.
around the world.
It's cool, though, right?
So they put me in a seat.
# These lights in our hearts #
of all this stuff that, you know,
When you have Damien Hirst,
I tried calling Thierry, didn't get any answer,