Jack Black and Richard Linklater on their unlikely partnership on 2003’s feel-good hit, School of Rock
Scott Rudin needed to persuade both star Jack Black and director Richard Linklater that Linklater was the right choice to direct 2003’s film, School of Rock. As these new interviews for an American Masters documentary on Linklater prove 14 years later. “At first we were like, that doesn’t make sense because this is like a feel-good hit of the summer type of thing, and we both thought of Richard Linklater as more an art-house type of guy,” said Black. Linklater initially declined the offer to direct School of Rock, but producer Rudin wouldn’t take no for an answer, insisting...
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