Danielle Fishel talks candidly about why she and she The floor meets the world associates were afraid that the program would “fail” A boy meets the world.
The actress, 42, spoke exclusively with PEOPLE at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on Friday, when she revealed that she, Rider Strong and William Friedle — who rewatch every episode A boy meets the world and share memories and anecdotes about the show on a podcast — I thought it might sour fans’ feelings about the sitcom.
“We were worried that we might ruin the show,” said Fishel, who played Topanga on the show. “We don’t want our reviews or our reviews or our experiences to change your opinion of the show in any way. These are just our honest opinions, and we can’t do that if we don’t want to be fair, honest.”
“I was just left with one overarching feeling about the whole experience as opposed to the show and what its values were, or what its key points were, or how good it was,” she continued. “And so now when I watch it, I’m like, ‘Man, that’s a really good show,’ and what a great experience we had.”
Reflecting on early talks about potentially starting a podcast, Strong, 43, who played Shawn, added: “In the end we decided to do it as a kind of journey rather than just watching the show and talking about how great it is , which we all agree is actually great. We wanted it to be more of a personal journey for us and to be honest.”
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Danielle Fishel.
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A boy meets the world it lasted seven seasons and ended in 2000.
For several years, Disney+ even catered to fans’ desire for reboots A girl meets the worldwhich ran from 2014 to 2017 and followed the lives of Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga’s daughter, Riley (Rowan Blanchard).
Although both have become close for a long time, the actors have remained close friends throughout the years.
In April, the gang got together to celebrate William Daniels’ 96th birthday with his wife, Bartlett Daniels, ahead of their appearance at the 2023 Chicago Comic Con.
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Fishel’s latest comments come after she, Strong and Friedle, 47, were joined by Matthew Lawrence (Jack), Anthony Tyler Quinn (Jonathan), Betsy Randle (Amy), Lee Noris (Stuart), Trina McGee (Angela), Daniels ( Mr. Feeny) and Bonnie Bartlett Daniels (Lila) at 90s Con in Tampa last weekend.
During the panel, Fishel spoke about the depth of friendship among the cast members, explaining, “Over the course of this many years and this much time spent together in different working atmospheres, you have fights, arguments, you have moments where you get back together.”
“Because we’re always together, there were times when we needed space from each other, and we traveled long distances,” she continued. “Yet when you really commit to a relationship, when you really commit to this idea that we’re always going to be in each other’s lives, the amount of growth and grace and forgiveness and compassion and true knowing of each other that we have now — that we would never have if we were each other wrote off and said ‘I’m done with you, I don’t want to see you again.’ ”
Fishel concluded, “So that commitment to a relationship is such a lesson for everybody.”
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