Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel as Cory and Topanga onBoy Meets World.Photo: Walt Disney Television/Getty
The lasting love between Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence will not soon be forgotten for fans ofBoy Meets WorldandGirl Meets World.
Chatting with PEOPLE topromote the releaseof Panera Bread’s new"Forever Flatbreads"short film,Danielle FishelandBen Savage— who starred as Topanga and Cory, respectively, in the ’90s coming-of-age sitcom and its 2010s spinoff sequel — dish on what they consider the most quintessential romantic moments between their onscreen counterparts.
“The first thing that just popped up to me was Disney World episode,” says Savage, 40. “But I think it’s because we all had such a good time being there.”
“But then, one of my favorite romantic moments is at the end ofthe ‘Starry Night’ episode,” Fishel adds. “When Cory says to Shawn, ‘What an interesting feeling it is,’ and Shawn says, ‘To know that it’s over?’ And Cory says, ‘No, to be the only person who knows that it’s not.'”
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Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel as Cory and Topanga onBoy Meets World.Walt Disney Television/Getty
“That’s easier said than done,” he says of following one’s heart. “It’s not an easy thing to do, and obviously it requires sacrifice — but I think, in the end, that’s what makes people happy.”
For Fishel, another poignant example is Topanga’s controversial decision to give up going to Yale to be with Cory in college,proposing to him at their high school graduation. (They later marry near the end of the series.)
“I think one of the lessons from Cory and Topanga is that regardless of whether people agree with your decision, each relationship is its own story, and it’s personal to those two people,” she says. “You only know the story of your relationship if you’re in it.”
To this day, Fishel and Savage remain close with several of theirBoy Meets Worldcastmates, including many who reprised their respective roles onGirl Meets World, likeRider Strong(Shawn Hunter),Will Friedle(Eric Matthews) andWilliam Daniels(Mr. Feeny).
“For the most part, we all are [still] friends,” says Fishel, shouting out Betsy Randle and William Russ, who played Cory’s parents. “And Bill Daniels is on Twitter and Instagram.”
Boy Meets Worldpremiered in 1993 on ABC and ran for seven seasons until 2000. In 2014,Girl Meets Worldpicked upwhere the story left off, running for three seasons and chronicling the lives of Cory — now a teacher, not entirely unlike Mr. Feeny — and Topanga, now a lawyer, in New York City with their two children: Riley (the “Girl” in the show’s title) and Auggie.
“The cool thing about this cast,” says Savage, “is that it doesn’t matter how long it’s been. I feel like whenever we all get together, it’s like no time has passed at all.”
Danielle Fishel and Ben Savage in Panera’s “Forever Flatbreads”.Panera Bread
And despite owning her own bakery nowadays, as shown onGirl Meets World, Topangawould probably be at Panera today, says Fishel. Because despite the fact that “she makes a very good living as an attorney, I also know she loves a good deal,” the actress jokes.
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Of whether we’ll ever see Cory and Topanga on screen together again, Savage teases, “never say never,” to which Fishel adds that she’d be totally on board “with the right project that let us all have a good time, but also stretch some acting muscles and maybe producing muscles.”
“I don’t think there’s any reason any of us would ever say no to that opportunity,” she says. “We all really enjoy working with each other, and we have a great amount of respect for each other. So there would be no reason to say no to something like that.”
source: people.com
