Jack Black has paid tribute to Rob Reiner, hailing the late director with inspiring some of his most treasured work.
This comes after the Spinal Tap director was found dead along with his wife Michele at their LA home earlier this month.
New records shared by LA County medical examiner later confirmed that the couple died from "multiple sharp force injuries". The couple's son Nick Reiner was also arrested and charged for the couple's murders. His case is scheduled for January 7.
The medical examiner also revealed that the couple's deaths were ruled to be a "homicide". More on this story from Nova here.
Last week, Rob Reimer appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers, Rob Reiner heaped the praise on Reiner, claiming that he was the inspiration behind both Tenacious D and School of Rock.
“I don’t really want to talk about anything other than Rob Reiner because he was such an incredible inspiration to me,” Black said. “And if you mention Tenacious D, there is no Tenacious D without Spinal Tap. And anyone out here, any of the young millennials that haven’t seen Spinal Tap, do yourself a favour. There’s no School of Rock without Spinal Tap".
“I love so many of his movies,” he added. “It’s like an incredible oeuvre of films that he made. What a genius. I just wanted to really quick give a shout-out to one of the biggest inspirations of my life and send love to the universe to one of the greats. He brought so much joy".
Jack Black is the latest household name to pay tribute to the Reiners, while former US President Barack Obama said that “beneath all of the stories he produced was a deep belief in the goodness of people—and a lifelong commitment to putting that belief into action". More on this from Nova here.
