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When it comes to making sure the cast of the Boy Meets World<\/em><\/a> spinoff, Girl Meets World<\/em><\/a>, were protected, Danielle Fishel<\/strong><\/a> and Rider Strong<\/strong><\/a> felt a sense of innate responsibility.<\/p>\n

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“I think we’re all protective of kids on the set,” Fishel, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> on Saturday, June 6, while attending the Doc Meets World<\/em> premier red carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival. “Everybody has their different approaches to the way they like to get performances out of people. Rider and I [are] both direct. I don’t think we do anything that inspires tears. I think if anything, we foster fun, inclusive – I mean, Rider used to do great games, we would do Running Charades.”<\/p>\n

Strong, 46, added he was determined to create the kind of environment that would make the kids feel comfortable and confident enough to truly embody their given characters.<\/p>\n

“We played Running Charades just to get the kids to loosen up,” he told Us<\/em> on Saturday. “I always wanted them to feel as confident as possible [so] that they owned their characters, which is something, like, I didn’t quite feel when I was on Boy Meets World, and I wanted the kids to feel like they could own their characters.”<\/p>\n

He continued, “It was great. Incredible to work with.”<\/p>\n

Both Strong and Fishel know what it’s like to idolize adults on the set of a hit TV series. Starring as Topanga Lawrence and Shawn Hunter, respectively, on the hit show Boy Meets World<\/em>, Strong admitted to Us<\/em> that he “idolized” producer and show creator Michael Jacobs<\/strong> as a child.<\/p>\n

“It was interesting to sort of be in it, you know, to see him how he actually probably always was, because I think as kids we just worshiped him,” Strong explained on Saturday. “We were like, \u2018He was a genius,’ and he is – an amazing writer, an amazing creative force, and as an adult I got to see him as more of a human, just as a person.”<\/p>\n

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He continued, “And the best part about working as a director was working with kids on that show, because they were incredible.”<\/p>\n

Now, as adults, the pair revealed to Us<\/em> that they have learned how to pick and choose their so-called “battles” when it comes to pushing back, both on- and off-set.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, I picked a lot of battles on Girl Meets World<\/em>,” Fishel told Us<\/em>. “I started picking every battle. I was like, \u2018I’m gonna fight every fight!” and then at a certain point I realized, like, maybe I am making everybody’s life harder than it needs to be, and I’m just gonna pick and choose.”<\/p>\n

She continued, “and I think I just went with my moral compass. Like something really\u2026 when I felt like I couldn’t go home at night without letting something go, I knew it was important to bring up. And then other times it was like, \u2018I don’t love this, but it’s not my show.’ Then I would let that go.”<\/p>\n

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With reporting by Proma Khosla <\/em><\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Us Weekly. All rights reserved<\/i><\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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