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Rik Mayall’s Harry Potter Role That No-One Ever Saw

The best-known film of comedian and actor Rik Mayall – who sadly died two years ago today aged just 56 – was of course ‘Drop Dead Fred’, where he played the anarchic imaginary best friend to Phoebe Cates. What his fans might not remember however is that he was set to star in an even more famous movie – ‘Harry Potter’. “A long while ago, all the kids at my kids’ school were saying “Hello Rik, have you read Harry Potter?