School of Rock star makes heartbreaking admission about Kevin Clark three years after his tragic death

A School of Rock star has made an emotional tribute to their late co-star from the 2003 hit, on the anniversary of the title's release.

It has been 21 years since the release of the iconic film starring Jack Black as a struggling guitarist, who becomes a teacher and inspires his class to form a band to compete in an upcoming competition.

They call themselves The School of Rock, who go on to compete and bond with each other in what is comfortably one of the best feel good movies of the 2000s.

The film stars the likes of Joan Cusack and Sarah Silverman, while Miranda Cosgrove stands out as the most successful face of the child actors.

As if you didn't need another reason to rewatch the flick, it boasts an impressive score of 92 percent critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, while calls for a sequel have not stopped or quietened down in over 20 years.

Today marks 21 years since the movie's release, however, there is a dark cloud over many of the cast members' memories of it.

On 26 May 2021, Kevin Clark, who played rebellious drummer Freddy in School of Rock, tragically died following a road collision.

He was riding his bike through Chicago when he was hit by an oncoming vehicle, and his former co-stars quickly took to social media to pay their respects.

Black said he was 'heartbroken' while Cosgrove said that she was 'stunned and saddened', though it was former child star Rivkah Reyes, who played bassist Katie, who was hit hardest.

Rivkah has paid tribute to her former star on the film's 21st birthday (Instagram/rivkah.reyes)

Reyes - who uses they/them pronouns - wrote at the time: "I will never forget your hugs and your laugh and the sheer joy on your face when we'd run into each other in Chicago."

The 32-year-old has previously admitted that they hated watching the movie back as they sadly suffer from anxiety and started to feel 'self-conscious about everything' after being made to watch the movie back so many times.

However, on this, the film's 21st anniversary, they wrote a tribute to Clark on Instagram: "I always think about my brother-in-rhythm Kevin Clark on this day. He was always very protective and supportive of me from day one.

"Even though it sucks not having him here on Earth, I was just saying to Joey the other night that Kev is still such a good bandmate/friend in the great unknown.

"Sometimes I hold his sticks close to my heart when I’m heartbroken or having writers' block. It somehow always cheers me up."

Reyes' post featured several throwback photos of not just the pair, but the whole cast.

The former child star poured their heart out on social media (Instagram/rivkah.reyes)

Beforehand, they said that they were 'grateful' that the film was their 'first acting experience' because of the 'group of insanely gifted and kind people' that they got to work with.

They added: "It’s not always like that on film sets. We all really just wanted to make an amazing movie and we loved each other so much.

"I’m so glad that i still get to call this cast my family," they said - it's always nice to see that the cast still get along.

Rivkah then signed off: "ILYSM school of rock family - and to our fans, thank you for stanning us for so long. It warms my heart that to this day you still love our movie."