Idris Elba caught tagging London building with 'Star Trek,' may be Banksy

It was all caught on video.
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Josh Dickey
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1. Does Idris Elba inspire a devoted subculture? (YES)

2. Is the Star Trek Beyond star a native Brit born sometime in the early 1970s? (YES)

3. Does the guy who plays the villainous alien Krall in the latest Star Trek film run around London with a spray can defacing buildings (HE DOES NOW).

Conclusion: Idris Elba might be Banksy.

Or he might just be trying out his tagging skills to promote the Paramount Pictures release slated for July 22.

What? Yea he's probably not Banksy, right?

It was all caught on video! See for yourself:

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Josh Dickey

Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.

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