(09 Jun 2014, 3:05 pm)Michael wrote Sad news today:
Rik Mayall: Comedian And Actor Dies Aged 56
http://news.sky.com/story/1278803/rik-ma...es-aged-56
R.I.P
Man i loved him in drop dead Fred and bottom =(
I thought Rik Mayall was an excellent actor/performer.
I wasn't that keen on Bottom (it was alright but well overrated in my view) but I still appreciated Rik Mayall's characteristic sliminess which he brought to many of the characters he portrayed on screen.
Drop Dead Fred would have been horrible without Rik Mayall - he was easily the best thing about that film by a country mile. I actually remember going to see it at the Warner Brothers cinema in Newcastle when it was released in 1991.
I probably liked him best as Alan B'stard in The New Statesman. Whenever I hear of a Tory politician involved in some sort of sleaze scandal an image of Alan B'stard always forms in my mind.