"School Of Rock" Actor Rivkah Reyes Says Late Actor Kevin Clark Came Up With The Film's Ending

"It just wasn't hitting."

This post contains spoilers for the film School of Rock.

The ending to School of Rock is iconic.

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But according to Rivkah Reyes — who played the bassist in the Jack Black comedy — the film almost ended very differently.

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"The ending wasn't landing," they recalled in a video posted to TikTok. "We tried one version of it where we win [the Battle of the Bands competition]. We tried another version of it where we lose and that's it. It just wasn't hitting."

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Then, Reyes claims, late actor Kevin Clark — who played the drummer, Freddy — came up with an idea that everyone agreed upon.

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Clark tragically passed in May of this year after being hit by a car while biking in the Chicago neighborhood of Avondale.

"The team was just like, 'What do we do about this ending?' And Kevin is just like, 'It'd be cool if like, we lost and then the audience started cheering, 'School of Rock! School of Rock!' and then they bring us out for an encore.'"

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"So this guy, at 13 years old, wrote the ending of School of Rock."

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Inspiring stuff, and a fitting tribute to Clark as well.

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