Maitland Ward has solely fond reminiscences of engaged on “Boy Meets World,” however says producers initially warned her that her time on the present could be lower than nice.
Ward joined the ABC coming-of-age sequence for its last two seasons within the position of Rachel McGuire. Chatting with E! Information in an interview Saturday, the actor stated some members of the present’s manufacturing workforce, together with sequence creator Michael Jacobs, tried to instill a rivalry between her and co-star Danielle Fishel, who performed Topanga Lawrence.
“A lot of people said Danielle would hate me because I was the girl coming in,” Ward stated. “But she didn’t. She was very nice to me when I came in. It’s weird that people would like, set that up.”
As to why Fishel would possibly dislike her, Ward stated she was repeatedly instructed: “Oh yeah, she’s gonna hate you because you’re the new girl and you’re tall and like, the sexy girl or whatever.”
“Boy Meets World,” which aired from 1993 to 2000, adopted chronicled the lifetime of Cory Matthews (performed by Ben Savage) as he transitioned from his pre-teen years by means of school. Over the course of the sequence, Cory develops romantic emotions for Fishel’s character, Topanga. Ward’s character, Rachel, popped up throughout Cory’s school years as Topanga’s roommate.
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Although Ward would go on to look within the 2004 movie “White Chicks,” she stopped pursuing mainstream appearing work after showing on the CBS sequence “Rules of Engagement.” Since 2019, she’s labored primarily in grownup movies. Her new memoir, “My Escape from Hollywood: Unapologetic, Unfiltered and Unashamed,” delves additional into her determination to pursue a porn profession.
In her ebook, Ward writes that Fishel “definitely didn’t seem to hate me” whereas they had been working collectively on “Boy Meets World,” although she was by no means in a position to shake her mistrust of her co-star primarily based on what she’d been instructed.
Ward has stated Savage has been “very supportive” of her work in X-rated movies. In her E! Information chat, she additionally advised that the origins of her future profession could possibly be noticed all through her “Boy Meets World” efficiency.
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