‘School of Rock’ Kids Got Smacked by Bullies, Were ‘Mentally Unwell’ and More After Film’s Release: ‘I Was Looked at Like a Complete Weirdo’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Rolling Stone magazine celebrated the 20th anniversary of “School of Rock” with a new oral history in which many of the child actors from the Richard Linklater hit film opened up on the tough years they faced after the film’s blockbuster release.
The Jack Black-led comedy was a box office hit in 2003 with $131 million worldwide, and it’s widely considered a bonafide comedy classic.
Imagine going from Hollywood sensation back to high school or middle school teen. That was the reality for many of the “School of Rock” cast. “It was tough.
I came back to school, and I was like a three-headed freak, basically,” said Joey Gaydos Jr., who played lead guitarist Zack “Zack-Attack” Mooneyham in the film. “I came back with all this culture in my brain to a pretty one-horse town outside of Detroit.
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