Bonnie and Clyde were murderous thugs who defecated on murdered cops and my uncle WAS a hero: Nephew of Texas Ranger who killed notorious outlaws praises Kevin Costner movie and blasts Hollywood
- Kevin Costner stars as Bonnie and Clyde killer in the Netflix’s The Highwaymen
- Frank Hamer shot the bandits in 1934, peppering them with 187 bullets
- Hamer’s family have been unhappy with past portrayals of their hero relative
- The Texas ranger’s great nephew has praised Costner’s performance in the film
The nephew of the man who shot Bonnie and Clyde has praised Kevin Costner for his portrayal of the Texas Ranger in a new Netflix crime drama and blasted Hollywood for glamourisng the ‘murderous thugs’.
Frank Hamer lead a group of law enforcers who tracked and killed the infamous bandits on May 23, 1934, peppering the lovers and their Ford V8 with 187 bullets.
The infamous bandits have been the subject of movies and music in pop culture for decades much to the disdain of Hamer’s remaining relatives.
His great-nephew Harrison Hamer said his family have long been unhappy with their crime-fighting relative’s portrayals, including Denver Pyle’s performance as a blundering Hamer in the 1967 film starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty.
The family of the man who shot Bonnie and Clyde have praised actor Kevin Costner (right, beside co-star Woody Harrelson) for his portrayal of the Texas Ranger in the new Netflix crime drama The Highwaymen
Frank Hamer (bottom right) lead a group of law enforcers who tracked and killed the infamous bandits on May 23, 1934, peppering the lovers and their Ford V8 with 187 bullets
In an interview with The Mirror, Mr Hamer said: ‘At last we feel we have the justice we deserve.’
He went on the praise the Academy Award winner’s performance as his uncle in the Netflix series.
‘What many people who see the movie may not pick up on is how quiet my uncle was,’ he said.
Mr Hamer also boasted that his uncle was already famous for catching crooks in the south and had survived 52 gun fights.
He continued: ‘If he were alive he’d be hugely embarrassed by the attention he is now getting. But he’d be equally angered by how Bonnie and Clyde have been portrayed as Robin Hood-type figures.’
His great-nephew Harrison Hamer praised Costner’s portrayal and added: ‘he’d be equally angered by how Bonnie and Clyde have been portrayed as Robin Hood-type figures.’ Pictured: The real Bonnie and Clyde in 1932
He said the Hamer family have long been unhappy with their crime-fighting relative’s portrayals, such as Denver Pyle’s performance as a blundering Hamer in the 1967 film starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway (pictured)
This comes after Kevin Costner recently revealed to EW the haunting experience he had while filming the drama.
He explained they filmed Bonnie and Clyde’s final moments in the exact same place the real life lovers were gunned down.
‘The fact that we shot the ambush at the exact spot where the actual ambush occurred was really creepy in all the best ways,’ he said.
‘I think being at that place kind of added a somber attitude in a way to everything about it,’ the actor added.