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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Former
“Boy Meets World” co-stars Danielle Fishel and Ben Savage recently
reunited to film the “Girl Meets World” pilot after a 13–year break and
Danielle says it was instantly like old times between the pair.
“Reuniting
with Ben has been even better than I could’ve possibly imagine it was
going to be,” Danielle – who plays Topanga Lawrence Matthews – told the audience
via video message at the 2nd annual ATX Television Festival in Austin,
Texas on Friday, via Yahoo!TV. “The minute we walked into rehearsal, Ben
was Cory[Matthews] and I was Topanga, and we were together and it was
like no time had passed.”
Danielle,
who is engaged to longtime love Tim Belusko off-screen, said she and
Ben have a strangely strong bond – a connection that resembles that of a
married couple.
“There is
something so special about the bond we share,” she said. “I always tell
people — it seems a little weird — but it does feel like [Ben] is my
husband. He will always be my first husband.”
Ben,
who appeared at the Festival in person (along with original “Boy Meets
World” stars Rider Strong, Matthew Lawrence, Maitland Ward, series
creator Michael Jacobs and more), recalled filming the popular show’s
emotional final scene.
“It was
almost like saying goodbye to our childhood,” Ben told the audience.
“It’s hard for me to even watch that scene. That was kind of like the
end of our childhood. It wasn’t just the end of our show. For us
personally, it really meant a lot.”
“We
did that last scene in one take because we were all just wrecked,”
Rider added. “It was our last scene in front of an audience. It was so
close to home that there was no filter between Shawn and Rider at that
point. It was the same person freaking out.”
The pilot for “Girl Meets World”
– the “BMW” spinoff for The Disney Channel which centers around Cory,
Topanga (now married) and their 13-year-old daughter – was filmed in
March and is awaiting pickup.
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