Rik Mayall talks Harry Potter

[@jjb2385]

Out of respect for Rik they should release his Peeves scenes!!!! RIP Peeves

[@dioscelto]

Joshua Bellis Yes, out of respect they should unwillingly release footage of a dead guy

[@NachoManRandySandwich]

@@dioscelto your fucking moron. It's a cut scene from a movie not a snuff movie of people fucking his corpse

[@wormclub6756]

@@NachoManRandySandwich lol

[@richardhill9549]

@@NachoManRandySandwich Haha!

[@jaytheartman610]

#releasetherikcut

[@mermaidlunaliseastar7600]

NOBODY could have played Peeves better then Rik Myall, i will forever be upset that they denied us his amazing talent and our beloved Peeves. Big big mistake, and now we shall never have a chance for them to make amends. RIP Rik, you funny man.

[@Braynnorth]

+Mermaid Lunali SeaStar When they cut out something from a film, its either has to do with time or the pacing.They didn't do it because Rik was shit for the part. I think he would have been GREAT as peeves, even better in the video games

[@Katzumix3]

+Mermaid Lunali SeaStar Just like they made some additions to Episode IV in the Star Wars Special Edition Blu-Ray copies they could make a Harry Potter Special Edition Blu-Ray and add some things they weren't able to. Like minor scenes, things from the book, and maybe even Peeves himself.

[@wastehazey6468]

He would be my number 1 choice if I was to find someone to play Peeves. Anybody who has read Harry Potter and knows who Peeves is and has seen Rik act, should know that he would have completely nailed it.

[@sforzandofilms]

Are you kidding me? This was the guy who would have played Peeves?!! HE'S PERFECT!!! HOW COULD YOU CUT HIM OUT?!!!

[@FallingOranges]

I literally just found out that he was going to be in it, and I can't imagine anyone else doing it

[@シシ-i5p]

Falling Oranges he kept making the kids laugh lmao

[@FallingOranges]

@@シシ-i5p and that's what made him perfect for the role

[@シシ-i5p]

Falling Oranges I know

[@Busher50]

I dunno, but he said the films were awful

[@mirkecWii]

The problem is that there is no recorded scene anywhere on the internet where we could see him play peeves which bogles me sooo much

[@Augiegrl12]

+mirko zaja That pisses me off. I just discovered this guy after watching Drop Dead Fred with my sister in law (one of her absolute favorite movies) and saw him as Peeves and about freaked in excitement. Why did they have to cut him out entirely? At least give us deleted scenes. :(

[@DaniellaCartwright]

+Augiegrl12 I just discovered him after watching Drop Dead Fred too! And I found out about Peeves now! 😤 I've always thought Peeves should have been in the movies after I read the books. Never understood why he wasn't.

[@Augiegrl12]

I'd understand if it was a pacing issue, but whenever that happens they give us deleted scenes. But not this time and I'm so sad by that.

[@Metallifux1888]

+Daniella Cartwright watch him in Bottom. What a great show. Especially the live ones.

[@DaniellaCartwright]

+Metallifux1888 I've seem some of it :D

[@mistressravenclaw9114]

I can actually visualize him saying "ooh ickle firsties what fun!" He is the perfect peeves and I am so cheesed off that his scenes were cut! RIP Rik xx

[@MC-Owinsy]

I hope they bring out the 3 hour version with him in it honestly rik mayall is a legend

[@MetallicBrony]

I REALLY want to see the peeves scenes

[@emilialily1130]

MetallicBrony they wouldn't be pg films anymore though. He was made of dirty jokes and bad language. He was amazing still, but it would be hard to keep the films child friendly without straying from the book 😂😂

[@whippy89]

@@emilialily1130 Not really true though :P Drop Dead Fred, that's a U rating... Rik could keep it together if he needed too!

[@yoroshiku137]

That's definitely one (of many) thing that was missing from the movie adaptations of the Harry Potter series: Peeves. And the worst part is that Peeves wasn't even in the deleted scenes!

[@Fnelrbnef]

Who are the casting geniuses of Harry Potter? He's like exactly how I envisioned Peeves... Shame they cut him.

[@muzikmystro]

Is there a petition online for Warner brothers to release this cut footage?

[@xlovemusic2011]

Please someone start one!!!

[@scerpalman]

Why do all you fuckers put it on someone else to make the petition and not make it yourself?

[@xlovemusic2011]

Lol don't think anyone would sign a petition started by myself

[@APAMVs]

Actually they did. If I'm correct it got lots of signatures

[@MrMarsFargo]

I work in film, and unfortunately it's most likely this footage no longer exists. When films are edited, the scenes they cut out are usually destroyed (to make space in their archives for other movies also being edited at the same studio). The "deleted scenes" are just the final scenes to be cut in most cases.

[@RonWeasleyFanJane]

Add the Peeves scenes in as a tribute to Rik Mayall.

[@venndiagram5981]

I remember being so pleased when they announced that he was cast as Peeves, and so disappointed when I learned that his scenes were cut. I agree with everyone else, that his scenes should have been restored to a special edition DVD.

[@hughbrissedits459]

He fits Peeves brilliantly. Drop dead Fred was peeves.

[@jen8917]

Stuart Levy I watched Drop Dead Fred again last night and I swear, he would have been perfect. Fred was exactly how I pictured Peeves.

[@condeuiosandilixtos7858]

I'm going to have to watch that. I've depended on the videogame versions of Peeves for far too long when it comes to imagining him.

[@benidictnelbert]

I wouldn’t be surprised , if she didn’t steal the character from drop dead Fred to begin with , she likes a bit of plagiarism does that one.

[@superjailwardenlover]

@ the end: "It WAS crap, 'cause I wasn't IN it." LOL Rik's lines are always pure win.

[@coolcoconuts4453]

Your trying to tell me Peeves was in the Harry Potter films all along and this absolute legend was the one playing him, and they cut it from the final cut...

[@jamesdixon6903]

I miss Rik Mayall so much. The world is not the same silly place without him but his comedy and work is untouchable

[@mattspicer869]

what a great man. i know its not the norm but this man ( and eddie) made my teen years. bottom was a real life saver. im sad i never got to see them live. sad

[@MeTheMayo]

Im laughing so hard about him telling his kids he was Hagrid 🤣🤣

[@capnjackgallows3204]

"What a complete and utter barstood!!!!!!!"

[@broadzilla6322]

I'm just now learning about this and honestly I'm choking back tears. He would've been perfect!!

[@animfan98]

They should just remake all eight of the films with him in. They'd be 10 times as good. Or better yet they could just release the scenes that he did.

[@vykarion]

Hear hear!

[@KevinFoged]

animfan98 Would be amazing, but sadly he have passed away I believe :/

[@chrispypancake]

Rik died in June 2014... such a loss. :(

[@JosephRailwayStudios2000]

@@chrispypancakeindeed

[@viridismonasteriense]

"and I got the money: Significant." lol

[@Andrew53670]

R.I.P Rik Mayall, more people would have known who he was if his Harry Potter scenes weren't cut but now that he's no longer with us, maybe his scenes will finally be released

[@sandramcshane1747]

thats probably why they cut him out. warner bros didnt want people to be exposed to riks ideas. have u seen his last movie one by one?

[@Veganarchy-Zetetic]

@@sandramcshane1747 Exactly what I thought, makes me wonder about his death tbh.

[@ukqwerty999]

@@Veganarchy-Zetetic Wonder?

[@theblueyedhat]

I love thinking about this interview everytime I'm around Potter Knobs 😂

[@schnozz87]

"I got the money - significant" you beautiful cynical bastard Rik. 4 years gone and it still breaks my heart

[@jomoody798]

"It was crap, 'cause I wasn't in it" XDDD

[@terrycoghlan7520]

OMG I was always annoyed that they cut peaves from Harry Potter. Now I'm fucking furious, because I always imagined him a Rik, always. How could cut him, how dare they.

[@thomson765]

Terry Coghlan because the scenes didn't feel right. Peeves should instill slight terror in the younger kids at Hogwarts, not amuse them. So he was too good, making it too hard for the background actors to keep their composure.

[@deliciousdazmo]

there will never be another Rik xxx

[@ItzyEcho]

RELEASE THE SCENES! He's seriously my favorite character-!

[@nicoleannereau42]

Honestly they missed a trick, Rik Mayall simply WAS Peeves the Poltergeist! Could there be anyone else to play that role?? It was practically written for him!

[@superjailwardenlover]

@ 2:42 - 2:46 when he laughed, for some reason i couldn't help laughing along with him XD

[@AWF1000]

you know when i played philosophers stone video games i kept thinking that peeves sounds like rik mayall. not until years later when i found out he was actually cast as peeves but they deleted it.

[@Siddif]

Damn! He would have been amazing as Peeves, hopefully some day his scenes will be shown as extended footage, like when all 8 films are on DVD

[@KyleTrojanMurphy]

Really, you can't blame anyone for laughing at Rik... the man is pure comedy. I've never not seen him be funny

[@slyph63]

It was obvious he would make the kids laugh. That's his way. He even made Rowan Atkinson laugh when he messed up as lord Flashheart in Blackadder

[@steveUTsteve]

Goodbye Rik. Your star burned bright, we watched, we laughed and we changed.

[@Metallicat180]

Hahaha, I love Rik!!! As soon as I heard about the book being turned into a film, Rik was the first person I thought of to play Peeves. Especially because I thought he was similar to Drop Dead Fred which I love also.

[@OwtDaftUK]

I want to see what was cut.

[@toyotapriebus]

Sad both Rik and Robbie are gone now

[@slimbadabing2730]

He was so awesome

[@ebenezergodwyll9902]

We need to see the Peeves cut scenes on KZbin!!!

[@anthony.spaghenitalia]

It seems like they still used his likeness (crudely speaking) in the video games that were released for the film, and even the ones for later films. I played the games as a kid, so it's a trip for me seeing a guy who really looks like that, haha

[@Donwun]

R.I.P :(

[@AceripXF]

oh gawd i musta watched this a bunch of times i still laugh at it rik's laugh is contagious LOL

[@elinlloyd7002]

It hard not too fancy him 😂❤💜 xxx

[@BazTheStoryteller]

For me, the best film Rik had appeared in was An American Werewolf in London.

[@richardsyoutubechannel995]

About 5 or 10 minutes and you find that the best film he can done wtf ok lol

[@EoghanJB]

As an extra with no speaking role?

[@manonymous4737]

Baz The Storyteller That’s ENOUGH!

[@MACHOO179]

Truly and sadly missed, RIP Rik.

[@johnthompson6059]

Legend !!!!

[@AceripXF]

omg i know it make me giggle when they showed the part in THE RAVEN haha

[@righteousdude93]

OMG!!! NOW I'M FREAKIN' PISSED!!! i wanted peeves to be in the movie too!!! they had peeves cast as rik mayall and didn't even put him in the movie?!?!?!?! AAAAHHHH!!! rik mayall was perfect for that part and he wasn't even put in it! SO MAD!!!!

[@elliehair]

bye to the best comic ever

[@debbieln6569]

Rik and Ricky, my favourite two comedians, share the same brilliant personalities

[@FoxM]

Rik mayall should be in more (popular) things, hes such an amazing talent.

[@Nsinger998]

Took me a second and a peek at Wikipedia to realize that Rik Mayall plaed "Drop Dead Fred" and I was like: Great choice for peeves!

[@MrMarsFargo]

As someone who works in film, it's easy to forget *this footage probably doesn't still exist.* Filmmakers sometimes shoot hundreds of hours of film, and even if not that still a lot. The "deleted scenes" are only the last few they take out near the end of editing. There's hours of footage that's cut before that, which they have no incentive to keep, so they just destroy it to make space in their archives. They likely cut his scenes out before everybody else.

[@TheAlmightyAss]

You'd assume someone would regardless want to keep footage of Rik fuckin Mayall though!

[@rael1999]

Can't believe that the footage of Rik playing Peeves has not surfaced !

[@Aprillovesmusicals]

They should had bloody kept him in it 😢

[@arronboyce3223]

Potter, you rotter.. what have you done? You're killing off students, you think it's good fun.

[@masterknife8423]

Arron Boyce I'm already imagining Rik singing that

[@sherrie553]

Arron Boyce potter you're ugly but what can we do

[@dawirelessg]

love u rik

[@winchuni22]

Best interview ever!

[@aphelanofficial]

Jesus! I love his delivery of that "THUNDERSTOOORM!!" line. Lots of boom and snarling in his voice. Very nice!

[@Rikairiify]

Told all my friends that Peeves was cut from Harry Potter. They all got pissed. There you go. Now, Warner Bros, release the cut scenes for all to see!

[@chrispypancake]

Rik Mayall was a ridiculously funny guy in real life as well as acting. You should read what his daughter had to say about him. To see more, look up The Young Ones. Just incredible. He was the *ideal* Peeves and it was so sad he was left out. Now it's too late. :(

[@TallSilentGuy]

Why haven't these scenes at least been posted on the Internet somewhere?

[@Jemmyleedoesart]

One of the great injustices of our time that Rik was cut from the film; I love Peeves in the book, and can imagine no one more suited to play him than this Legend. RIP Rik, we miss you man 😢

[@jordywilkes9133]

He couldn't do his part because he made everyone laugh so much what a guy

[@My_Legs_Hurt]

Still salty they haven't released his deleted scene

[@Rikairiify]

'Do you want to be in it?' 'Yeah' 'You're in' I wish casting was that easy!

[@BettinaBalser]

Why, God? Why'd did You take him from us?

[@meganperry4496]

heard this story before! Huge shame they cut him out, so many epic british actors, and quite a few comics from his era in these films, but where the flip was Rick??!

[@floydy22]

Rik your a FUCKIN' Legend my friend

[@daisydoda95]

You're a true Harry Potter fan when you know who Peeves was. I really wished they would have kept his scenes in it would have made the films better. Rik Mayall would have made the best Peeves (R.I.P Rik) 😢

[@MendiMayhem]

@waterwind2266 My thoughts EXACTLY!!! I about died when I found out they cut him! He is so amazing!! I wish they would make an extended version and put him back in! I LOVE THIS DUDE!

[@Fiobo823]

I was really angry they cut him from the movie, I bet he was a brilliant Peeves. And he's right, the film was crap :D RIP Rik, really gonna miss you :(

[@centurioncharlie6317]

DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK COMEDY TEACHER FOR SURE THOUGH! He said that they couldnt stop laughing, so theres another rik achievement! He wouldve been great if those "kids" learnt to control their emotions though! Completely innocent reason though! And Rik got payed, all well ends well!

[@polky50]

amazing actor, so sadly missed, one of Britains best satirical actors, loved him miss him xxxx

[@seyedamirhooshangdehnadi3035]

Rick: Those utter, utter, stupid, bastards! Those stupid, stupid, stupid bastards BUGGERY! Arse! Head! Features! Face! Why did they cut the scenes out? Eddie: 'Cause your an anarchist mate! Imagine you being in all eight features. They would've prosecuted you for giggling them to death. And, and they would've prosecuted me as well, for not stopping you! With a cricket bat of course!

[@JennyKenobi09]

Seyed Amirhooshang Dehnadi agreed

[@JennyKenobi09]

Seyed Amirhooshang Dehnadi it would have been hilarious

[@RebeccaMarkelvGaming]

Seyed Amirhooshang Dehnadi I totally read that in their voices! Well written

[@jstanyer91]

I freakin love Lord Flasheart.

[@hannaheunson2765]

just imagined we could've had Rik giving Umbridge hell in OOTP like Fred had asked him too!! I'm a potterhead for life alas my two and only grievances are that Rik was cut, and the movies didn't stay true enough to the books. So much we missed out on! Rip Rik, my favourite man 🙏❤

[@joeywomer]

Actually he was in the first Harry Potter film. We just couldn't see him because well, he's a ghost.

[@abruzziboy2000]

Tragic he was cut out of the film, he would have been perfect. Also, I want to see him in The Raven.

[@rebeccam7845]

RIK mayal line of a kind they'll never be another like him. Gutted that he was taken too soon why couldn't it have been some other actor in his late 80's who was as funny as rust have been taken instead of him? So sad xxxxxxx RIP RIK always a legend in my eyes X

[@brendanlily1917]

I loved Peeves in the book and wondered why they left him out..Rik was bloody brilliant. I bet...Peeves was supposed to be funny and mean..

[@lucyvoce9276]

Every time I think of Peeves I think of Drop Dead Fred. He would have been amazing in the films but he lives in my memories as both Drop Dead Fred and Peeve even if he was never in the film

[@Thedrysurrealbloke]

I want to see the footage with rik in Harry Potter. Apparently he was to funny for the part. Director wanted kids to be scared of him but rik had them in stitches on every scene. They wouldn't stop laughing at him.

[@EmmaCRBsnewstuff]

I wish they would just release those deleted scenes already

[@4barrj]

OMFG Rik could of been in it!!!! how dare they not put him in it it would of been great i can easily see him as peeves who else can?

[@Jayke1981]

That was funny!! And doing a gig in my home town was better than attending the Premiere!! Awesome!

[@sillysod33]

I just love him. 😍😍😍😊

[@petloverspy]

My brother didn't read Harry Potter before both of us watched the movies for the first time, and I was SHOCKED when Peeves didn't appear. I made him swear to read the books, because... Harry Potter without Peeves was devastating xC

[@TheKatieLou]

I’ve not read the books or seen the movies but I Definitely would have done if Rik was in it. Total Bloody Legend! Luckily, he knew it 😂♥️

[@joeillingworth5867]

How do you cut Rik Mayall out of the movie? Absolute comedy genius and would have been such a joy to watch. Hope one day we get the deleted scenes

[@mathiaskhler9666]

now i'm upset that they cut peeves from the movie. This guy is hilarious

[@AceripXF]

Rik got the most adorable laugh ever! haha makes me giggle

[@jakewilliams5608]

They shouldn’t have cut him from the film if the actors kept laughing they should have worked around it

[@lockandreload]

Exactly, just laziness by Columbus and the producers. He should have had a couple scenes at least, shit put him on a green screen and film it away from the kids

[@slimbadabing2730]

hahahahaha that snort at 0.44 classic rik

[@kyles-xp7fd]

I'm so surprised to hear rik was a part of Harry potter for awhile... I'm so mad he got cut I love Rik

[@cr0uchingtiger]

LEGEND.

[@derangedband]

Riks the main reason i wanted to see the film! hes one of my favorite comedians ever! :D but i didnt see him!! :( is there any footage anywhere from what ever they cut? id like to see it.

[@glittergirl7228]

Harry potter was amazing But I wish they had. Peeves

[@bkaro]

Where can we find those deleted/cutted scenes where he played Peeves in the first movie?

[@TimStamper89]

Sp I watched the films long long before I started reading the books. I've now read the first and second... the fact they cut him means I cant go back and watch the films without thinking "you bastards"

[@superjailwardenlover]

@WebbGnome0: Peeves is my favorite character too! i can't believe they cut him out! they totally dissed rik! what the hell were they thinking?!