Casting... Peeves?

[heidi tandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 5956

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Neil Ward <neilward at d...> wrote:
> One of the HP sites is claiming that comedian Rik Mayall has been 
cast as
> Peeves and suggests that Verne Troyer might be playing Prof 
Flitwick.  IMO,
> Mayall would be very well cast as Peeves

I'm thinking that the younger listies (especially those outside the 
UK) might not know who the completely insane Rik Mayall is - he was 
one of the 4 guys in The Young Ones - a VERY british comedy back in 
the 80s which was on Mtv in the middle of the night on Sundays. I 
think I watched it all through high school.
He also played the title character in Drop Dead Fred, which also 
starred Phoebe Cates - she played a slightly messed up young woman - 
and Drop Dead Fred was her "imaginary" friend from childhood, 
released from the Jack in teh Box in which her mother had imprisoned 
him - his role was VERY Peevesish. And do I remember him being on an 
episode or 2 of Blackadder?