SCHOOL Of Rock child star Rivkah Reyes suffered years of addiction and bullying after the famous role. Rivkah - who goes by the pronouns they/them - was 10 when they played bass guitarist, Katie, in Jack Black's character Dewey Finn's band in the 2003 hit movie.
The 28-year-old said that after the film's success they were plagued with school bullies and had a "raging addiction" to drugs and alcohol from the age of 14 to 24.
Rivkah told the New York Post that they "felt unsafe existing" because grown men sexualized them and made remarks like they "couldn't wait till they are 18." They added that one man even tried to take photos of them in the sixth grade while they were at school.
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