Well, perhaps we can toss out the jaw-dropping claim made Tuesday about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle supposedly “taking time apart”?!
01.07.2023 - 05:25 / deadline.com
Actress Bonnie Morgan shared some ugly truths on the podast “Pod Meets World.”
Early in her career, she was signed to play lead character Topanga Lawrence on the show “Boys Meets World.” She talked with podcast hosts and show cast members Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle about her experience on the show and how she felt when she was fired.
“I had three callbacks,” she said. “They kept bringing me back, and … it was rooms full of people every time. And, weirdly, every time I’d audition, we’d talk a lot. Every time I’d come back, the script would change slightly, it seemed, to things we had talked about.”
Morgan felt the role was deeply connected to her. Even the name Topanga “was out of my parents’ love history,” noting they “got married in Topanga Canyon. It was the coolest thing ever.”
But things were not all rainbows and unicorns when the show moved forward. She revealed she was told by her agent that show creator Michael Jacobs loved her for the part. However, there was apparently a “power struggle,” and she was “stuck in the middle of it.”
She arrived on the set for her first day and immediately felt a vibe.
She remembered “all the adults were short with me” and described the table read as “fun” but said things went downhill after that.
“Now, we’re blocking, and (Ben Savage) started poking at me a little bit. He would make faces and try to break me, and it worked. At this point, I was becoming a nervous wreck,” she recalled. “I couldn’t get his name, the opening line, Cory … and [director] David [Trainer] was just like, ‘Get it together.’ I’m trying to pull it together. I pulled it together in sheer fear, and Ben just kept doing this thing to crack me up.”
“At one point, I had a line. It was a sweet
Well, perhaps we can toss out the jaw-dropping claim made Tuesday about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle supposedly “taking time apart”?!
“Boy Meets World.”Then, the spin-off series “Girl Meets World” ran from 2014-17.Now, the latest iteration of the popular TGIF series is in podcast form.‘Pod Meets World,’ hosted by Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong — who you might know as Topanga, Eric and Shawn, respectively — finds the trio recapping episodes of the young adult sitcom.And, if you want to see the stars “relive (their) first crush, first kiss, favorite moments and all the life lessons” with fellow cast members from the classic ’90s show live, you can.From July 20 through Nov. 9, the three ’90s icons will tour all over North America.That includes a live podcast at NYC’s Town Hall on Thursday, Nov.
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Several of Ben Savage‘s Boy Meets World co-stars weighed in on his political ambitions.
Boy Meets World” recently revealed that their friend and former co-star, Ben Savage, has allegedly “ghosted” them for the past three years. In a candid interview with Variety, Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong, and Will Friedle, who portrayed Topanga Lawrence, Shawn Hunter, and Eric Matthews, respectively, shared their disappointment and confusion regarding Savage’s sudden absence from their lives.According to Friedle, there was no falling out or animosity between them.
Before fans came to know Danielle Fishel as Topanga on “Boy Meets World”, there was Bonnie Morgan.
"Boy Meets World" almost had a different leading lady. During a recent appearance on the "Pod Meets World" podcast, Bonnie Morgan, known for her role as Samara in "The Ring," opened up to hosts Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle about her experience getting hired to play Topanga Lawrence on the show and how she felt when she was eventually let go. "I had three callbacks," she said.
Danielle Fishel as Topanga on , there was Bonnie Morgan. As viewers know today, Fishel portrayed Topanga Lawrence through all seven seasons of the hit ABC sitcom, but that was not originally the case. Instead, Morgan, a fellow child actress, had landed the role, but was swiftly fired.
Boy Meets World have revealed that they haven’t spoken to co-star Ben Savage in years, saying he has “ghosted” them.Savage starred as Cory Matthews in the 1990s American sitcom, which began in 1993 and ended in 2000.Speaking to Variety, Savage’s three co-stars – Danielle Fishel (Topanga), Rider Strong (Shawn) and Will Friedle (Eric) said they haven’t spoken to Savage in three years after being “so close” for years after the show ended.“As a blanket statement, Boy Meets World is an overwhelmingly positive experience in all of our lives,” Strong said.Discussing how they launched a podcast about the show and asked Savage if he wanted to take part, Fishel said: “He was very adamant that it was not for him.“He was also very clear, ‘I don’t want it to stop you. If you guys want to do it, go ahead.’ The time between those conversations and the time we actually started the podcast was a significant amount of time.”She added that Savage “kind of disappeared from our lives,” adding of the time she had a baby in 2019: “We were just so, so close, especially during that time.
Harrison Ford is set to appear on-screen as Indiana Jones for the last time with the fifth installment of the franchise, "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." In May, the actor broke the news to fans during a presentation at the D23 Expo in an emotional speech, saying, "This is it. I will not fall down for you again." He also thanked the fans for helping to make playing Indiana Jones so special. "Indiana Jones movies are about fantasy and mystery, but they're also about heart," he said through tears.
The Boy Meets World cast are mostly really close, even after all these years. But have you wondered if one lead in particular doesn’t want to have anything to do with the others?
Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle and Rider Strong made a startling admission while discussing their former co-star, Ben Savage -- the group hasn't spoken to him in three years. They've tried, but according to the trio, he «ghosted» them.The three actors — who played Topanga, Eric and Shawn, respectively, for all seven seasons on the hit ABC sitcom from 1993 to 2000 — are perplexed about the estrangement, given that there's no logical reason to explain the, for lack of a better word, fallout. They said as much in a lengthy profile, in which they talk about their popular iHeart Radio rewatch podcast, .It wasn't always this way.
Ben Savage really doesn’t speak to his Boy Meets World co-stars at all anymore.
Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle and Rider Strong made a startling admission while discussing their former “Boy Meets World” co-star, Ben Savage — the group hasn’t spoken to him in three years. They’ve tried, but according to the trio, he “ghosted” them.
Boy Meets World alums Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle are closer than ever — but they can’t say the same for their relationships with former costar Ben Savage.
Will Friedle isn’t the type of person to answer his phone while at a lunch — especially at a work lunch. In fact, he may have better manners than anyone I’ve ever met. But this was an exception. We’d been sitting for about 10 minutes — Friedle, Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and me — gathered around a corner booth in a Studio City restaurant. “Oh, my gosh, I’m sorry, I have to take this,” he says after pulling his iPhone out of his pocket. He quickly turns it around, showing the group the names that are scrolling across the screen: “Bill & Bonnie Daniels.”
If you’re a millennial, you might have grown up watching Danielle Fishel and the rest of the cast of Boy Meets World on television every week.
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