Bingowings said:
He was prop, played by an actor.
Just a cool looking pinata for Liam and Ewan to wave sticks at and kick.
The only scene he was in that interested me was the one in the trailer where he talks and doesn't kill anything, that and the tone poem from the trailers and music video which created the impression that Maul would be an actual character.
He was more like a prop played by a martial artist and a voice actor, which limited his potential even more. It wouldn't have been as easy to dub in another voice as it was with Vader. I find it hard to believe that they ever intended to stick with Ray Park's cockney accent.