Danielle Fishel Says ‘Girl Meets World’ Was “Really Frustrating” Because It Tried Too Hard To Be ‘Boy Meets World’

Danielle Fishel had a pretty specific idea of what Girl Meets World was supposed to be. What she got, she says, was something much more tied to Boy Meets World than she expected. Fishel, who returned as Topanga Lawrence for the Disney Channel sequel, recently revisited the experience on Pod Meets World, the podcast she hosts with her former co-stars Will Friedle and Rider Strong. Looking back, she said she was frustrated by how quickly the new series began leaning on the sitcom that came before it. “I remember being really frustrated after the first season started,” she said, opining that Michael Jacobs, the executive producer who created both shows, made Girl Meets World too similar to Boy Meets World. “Before the show came out, Michael [and I] had a whole conversation about the idea that