10 Other information (Rik Mayall)
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This article is from the Rik Mayall FAQ, by Andrew Wong brit-com@pobox.com with numerous contributions by others.
10 Other information (Rik Mayall)
Apparently, on one of his stage stand-up appearances, he played a
particularly obnoxious stage character, who was very "hard". In an attempt to
prove how hard he was, he said how he liked to hurt children, and at one
point said something along the lines of tempting children to go into fridges,
whereupon he'd shut the door. Unfortunately, at one particular appearance, a
local child had actually done this -- so upon hearing this line, the audience
was not pleased. Mayall at this point, broke out of character, and said how
sorry he was and didn't mean that bit.
Rik starred with Stephen Fry in the play "Cell Mates" in 1995. Unfortunately,
Stephen Fry made an abrupt departure from the play, and disappeared for a
while which caused great headlines. Mayall himself refuses to talk about this
period, apart from "I'm a friend of both Stephen and the writer Simon Gray,
so I want to go on record that I don't want to take sides ... I know when I
was being great, and I was when I was with Stephen." (quote taken from Time
Out no.1404)
During this time, an incident occured where Mayall ended up pulling a prop
gun on a stranger in Covent Garden after one performance. An armed-response
unit was in the area, and "an incident" could have ensued. Mayall said "It
was a silly mistake. I said 'Do you want some of this, motherfucker?' and he
told the police." (quote taken from Time Out no.1404), and he was asked to
make a statement saying what a bad thing it was to carry replica guns.
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