Many fans of Rik Mayall know that the comedian recorded scenes for the first Harry Potter movie as Peeves the Poltergeist and that these scenes were eventually cut out of the film. It now appears that it’s not just Rik’s fans that are saddened by the lost of these scenes: actor Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) told Interview Magazine this month that the scenes were “superb” and calls the cuts “unfortunate”. Continue reading