One of Mr. Rosie’s favorite movies is School of Rock. He rewatches it every yearish. So, when we found out that Frankie the security detail and Blondie the vocalist got married last weekend, we both did one collective, “Awww!” 23 years after meeting as child actors on set, Angelo Massagli and Caitlin Hale tied the knot on January 4. It’s like a real-life sequel. Instagram videos and pictures from their wedding reveal that most of their fellow “classmates” and co-stars were there to celebrate with them. I love this!
Two School Rock costars just celebrated their nuptials by getting the band back together. Caitlin Hale and Angelo Massagli, who starred as Marta (nickname: Blondie) and Frankie in Richard Linklater’s 2003 comedy, have officially tied the knot. And who better to share the news than one of their former “classmates” — Rivkah Reyes, who played bassist Katie in the movie.
Reyes took to TikTok on Sunday with a video of the festivities set to the tune of Stevie Nicks’ “Edge of Seventeen” — a song featured in the film thanks to Joan Cusack’s Principal Mullins performing a drunken rendition. The video includes cameos from several grownup School of Rock alums, including Brian Falduto, Joey Gaydos Jr., Rivkah Reyesm Robert Tsai, Maryam Hassan, Aleisha Allen and Cole Hawkins.
“Celebrating the marriage of CAITLIN & Angelo with my forever fam #schoolofrock #wedding,” Reyes captioned the video, which sees various cast members posing for pictures, lip-synching, showing off on the dance floor, and enjoying the colorful reception. At one point, they all gather for a silly photo booth snap. The video ends on newlyweds Hale and Massagli sharing a dance.
School of Rock saw the child actors star alongside Jack Black, who played overly-enthusastic guitarist Dewey Finn, who poses as a substitute music teacher after being ousted from his band. While teaching at the elite private elementary school, he exposes his students to hard rock, inspires their love of music and eventually helps them form a band.
Hale and Massazli met as children, while filming the movie in 2002, though Massagli has said that he recalls being impressed by Hale even before she landed the gig.
“I remember my first audition for School of Rock like it was yesterday,” he told Inside Edition in 2021. “I get in there and the little blonde girl next to me, she gets called in first and she starts singing show tunes and just blows the roof off the place. It was excellent.”
After the film, the duo stayed in touch through a group chat with their former costars. After Hale happened to move near Massagli in Florida, they reunited and eventually became a couple. They previously teased their engagement with an October Instagram post, when they donned formal attire and showed off the sparkling engagement ring.
Hale and Massagli have stepped away from Hollywood, since their childhood roles. Hale works as an OB-GYN ultrasound technologist and Massagli graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 2019.
Well, they have one helluva meet cute. It makes for a good Hallmark movie. I wonder if Jack Black and Mike White were invited. Either way, it doesn’t matter! It looks like it was a really fun wedding. I love a good winter-themed wedding. The more Winter Wonderland, the better. Caitlin looked really pretty. I’m not a huge fan of the leg slit, but she rocked the dress with confidence. Her hair and earrings looked great and I think the gloves work because of how simple the rest of her outfit was. Congratulations to Caitlin and Angelo! May they have a lifetime of happiness together.
Best post to read to start my Friday! Congratulations to them both – this is still one of my favourite movies and made me actually like Jack Black!!! (Now I love him, but his early stuff was a bit much for me – this movie changed my mind!)
This is one of those “aww, cute” stories that I prefer to read about instead of all the awful news about governments moving further to the right in order to placate racist xenophobes.
We’re voting for a new parliament in a few weeks — and I am so done already with the infighting and name-calling, even before the election campaigns have really taken off.
School Of Rock is one of my favorite movies in the whole world. All of them were such a charming group of kids. It’s crazy to see them as adults doing adult things lol. Even crazier (and sadder) to think one of them is sadly gone. Anyways, all the best for Angelo and Caitlin!!
Love this movie and this story! We need some feel-good posts these days.
Thanks Rosie!
Loved this movie & this story, as my grandma used to say, “tickled me” today. So cute!!
I love this so much! School of Rock is one of my favorite movies and it’s adorable the entire cast has stayed close all these years. I wondered where Jack was, but read on another site that, although he was invited, he couldn’t attend because he’s working on a movie. Apparently he sent a lovely message and gift.
Congrats to Angelo and Caitlin!
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