The Harry Potter movies left out this key character, but the upcoming HBO TV series can give the actor playing him a second chance.

Ellen Pompeo almost appeared in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" alongside Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.

HBO has finally revealed who will play the lead roles of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in its upcoming Harry Potter TV series reboot.

Rik Mayall's scenes as poltergeist Peeves were famously cut from the movies, but hopefully the TV series will include Peeves, and Mortimer would surely be brilliant as the mischievous character.

In all fairness, Chris Columbus, who directed the first two films, allocated the part of Peeves to comedian Rik Mayall (also known as Lord Flashart/Robin Hood from the immortal Blackadder series).

The role of Peeves was cast and filmed—then cut from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. British comedian Rik Mayall was cast as Hogwarts’s prank-happy poltergeist in Harry Potter and the ...

Why wasn't the poltergeist Peeves in the Harry Potter movies? The actor cast for the film role, Rik Mayall, once provided insight into the cut role.

Harry Potter actor Oliver Phelps has revealed which British actor stole the show in the first ever cast read-through for the wizarding film franchise.

Rik Mayall was cast as Peeves in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, but his scenes were cut. This was confirmed by an uploaded video that revealed the comedic actor speaking on his part (via ...

Viral clip shows Rik Mayall's incredible tale of how he was cut from Harry Potter films A clip from the hilarious British comedy legend has resurfaced with him explaining how he filmed scenes for the ...

The role of Peeves the poltergeist would be a plum one for any comedy-minded actor, with Peeves essentially existing in the Potter stories as a whirlwind of chaos and snark. In other words, the ...