Salon.com > girl meets world http://www.salon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 09:17:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Rider Strong to have “no official involvement” in “Boy Meets World” follow-up http://www.salon.com/2012/11/29/rider_strong_to_have_no_official_involvement_in_boy_meets_world_follow_up/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/29/rider_strong_to_have_no_official_involvement_in_boy_meets_world_follow_up/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13109995 Rider Strong, better known to most '90s kids as the rebellious but charming Shawn Hunter from "Boy Meets World," has announced that "at this point" he will have "no official involvement" in the "Boy Meets World" spin-off, "Girl Meets World."  He posted a note on his Web site earlier today:

So I am extremely happy for Ben and Danielle to be able to continue the story. At this point, I have no official involvement in Girl Meets World. There might be a chance to see some of the BMW cast in a guest spot, and I think it would be nice to find out where our characters have been all these years. But Girl Meets World will be, and I think it should be, it’s own show. It will be about Cory and Topanga, their daughter, and a new set of characters.

Strong recounted all the positive ways in which the show changed his life, but the note didn't say why Strong wouldn't sign on. To say that this is a disappointment for superfans is an understatement. After all, the best-friends-from-different-worlds conflict between Cory and Shawn sourced half of the drama on the 7-season show.

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