During Tuesday’s (Dec. 16th) episode of “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Jack Black honored late actor and director Rob Reiner. Over the weekend, Rob and his wife Michele were tragically killed in their home in Brentwood, CA. Their son Nick is accused of killing the couple, and has officially been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Although Black was on Seth Meyers’ show to promote his new film “Anaconda,” it was clear that the Reiners’ deaths were heavy on his heart.
“I don’t really want to talk about anything other than Rob Reiner because he was such an incredible inspiration to me,” Black told Meyers.
“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 ‘[This Is] Spinal Tap,’ do yourself a favor. There’s no ‘School of Rock’ without ‘Spinal Tap.’”
“I love so many of his movies,” he continued. “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.”
