Bonnie Morgan, ‘Boy Meets World”s Original Topanga, Claims She Was Fired Because She Was Not Pretty Enough
etcanada.comBefore fans came to know Danielle Fishel as Topanga on “Boy Meets World”, there was Bonnie Morgan. As viewers know today, Fishel portrayed Topanga Lawrence through all seven seasons of the hit ABC sitcom, but that was not originally the case.
Instead, Morgan, a fellow child actress, had landed the role, but was swiftly fired. Three decades later, Morgan recalled the sequence of events to Fishel, Will Friedle and Rider Strong on the Monday episode of their joint podcast, “Pod Meets World”, and, notably, the alleged reason she was really let go from the role.
Morgan remembered having multiple callbacks for the job before being cast and noticed the script would continue to change, seemingly to reflect their conversations with her.
After officially landing the role at around 12 years old, the actress described her first day on set as the “weirdest day of my life.” She claimed the adults were short with her and that they put her in a frumpy costume despite the fact that she had brought in clothes for the character as options.
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