The Harry Potter movies gave people a lot to remember, but they did not have room for every face the books gave us. Fans who ...

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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 ...

However, his exclusion from the Harry Potter films wasn't always the plan, with actor Rik Mayall filming never-seen scenes as ...

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. Oliver played George Weasley in the ...

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 ... What's On. By. Sean Murphy. 16:55, 24 JUL 2023; Bookmark. The late great Rik Mayall hilariously explained how he missed out on Harry ...

Mayall duly joined the Harry Potter cast and shot scenes for the first movie, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Unfortunately, time constraints led to Peeves being excised from one of the best ...

Mayall, also known for his work on Blackadder, Drop Dead Fred and Bottom, played an integral and defining part in the renewed British comedy scene that began in the late 1980s and really took off in ...