What happens to those kids from that ’90s TV program once they get older? With Boy Meets World enthusiasts, the solutions come in the forms of heartwarming growing-up stories, shocking career updates, and very individual reveals. A decade since Matthews clan and others said goodbye, real life in the form of the cast members has been no less fascinating than plotlines that had you watching TGIF schedule on ABC first.
These aren’t tales of star-ness survival narratives, relaunches, and relationships that have weathered the soundstage. From fights with health that have played out in public to creative reinterpretations in brand-new contexts, each of the members of the old cast has a new arc in a story that was thought to have concluded by the audience.
1. Ben Savage Low-Key Life and Extended Family
Ben Savage, still always Cory Matthews, remained largely in the background relative to some of the other co-stars. After a reunion of his Girl Meets World character, he guest-starred on television in such programs such as Criminal Minds and in the Hallmark Love, Lights, Hanukkah!. In February of 2023, in Los Angeles, he married Tessa Angermeier, and in May of 2025 had a baby on the way an infant daughter. Despite missing out on the cast reunions largely, old colleagues still remember him fondly and wish to get in touch with him.
2. Danielle Fishel’s Advocacy and Battle with Health Issues
Danielle Fishel, who played Topanga Lawrence, in later years had to fight a very personal battle: being diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a very early stage of breast cancer. Openly discussing on Pod Meets World and news networks, she spoke to the importance of routine screening, declaring, “If you grew up watching me on TV as a kid, it’s time you get a mammogram.” After surgery and 20 radiation therapy treatments, she’s cancer-free and using her fame to push for aggressive health treatment. In September 2025, Aimee guest-starred on Dancing with the Stars, choreographing a piece to perform a tribute to William Daniels and establishing herself both as a performer and representative.
3. Rider Strong’s Long-term Friendships
Being Cory’s true-blue sidekick, Rider Strong played Shawn Hunter. Offscreen, too, Strong has remained close to the cast, calling them in a 2021 interview “family.” At work at acting and directing, and at home with wife, actress Alexandra Barreto, raising son Indigo, he’s done the legwork. His effort at keeping in touch “through reunions, cons, and the Pod Meets World podcast” has kept the magic of the show alive among the fan base.
4. Will Friedle’s Career Revival Through Voice Work
Will Friedle’s Eric Matthews had been the comic relief on the TV program, yet off-camera, stress prompted him to branch out from in-front-of-the-camera acting. He explored voice acting, creating a stunning resume with Ron Stoppable in Kim Possible and Terry McGinnis in Batman Beyond. Friedle credits mentor Kevin Conroy with giving him exposure to the business, and explains voice-over created a solution that “let me still act and perform” while avoiding stimulating his anxiety. His return as Eric in Girl Meets World was a trip down memory lane.
5. Trina McGee’s Reconciliation and Resil
She arrived in 1997 with the surname Angela Moore, and lent warmth and depth to Shawn’s love life. She also made headlines with racist accusations on set in 2020, and later reconciled with Will Friedle and Danielle Fishel after tear-filled discussions. McGee’s act of opening up about pain in the good old days and mending has healed cracks among cast members. She stays current on the socials, noting Boy Meets World moments and appearing to events among fandom.
6. Matthew Lawrence’s New Beginning
Actor Matthew Lawrence, who played Jack Hunter, has remained quite busy acting in such TV and movies like the Christmas-themed Mistletoe Mixup. Offcamera life hasn’t been any quieter either being divorced in 2022 by Cheryl Burke and dating TLC’s Chilli. What’s even more, he and brothers also create new TV shows and host the Brotherly Love podcast with good amounts of sentiment and new creative ventures.
7. Anthony Quinn’s Mr. Turner:
A Legacy that Persists Biking teacher character of Anthony Tyler Quinn, Mr. Turner, had a lasting impact on the fans. Quinn continued to act and this remained his most iconic character to date. “People always come up to me to let me know how much my character helps them,” he told HuffPost. His panels at later conventions verify the continued affection of the direction of the character.
8. Legacy of William Daniels with Mr. Feeny
At 97 years old, William Daniels still “has it.” In the memoir, it’s detailed that he’d almost handed off the character of Mr. Feeny due to concerns the character was to embody that of a “foolish teacher.” Producer Michael Jacobs reassured him otherwise, and Daniels then became among television’s all-time greatest tutors. All these years later still attending fan conventions and even in 2025 dancing on Dancing with the Stars with Fishel in a May episode where he was gifted an on-air tribute to how he’s impacted multiple generations, it’s no wonder that Daniels opened up in such an uncensored memoir.
9. Maitland Ward’s Brazen Career Switch
Maitland Ward, who portrayed Rachel McGuire, traded mainstream acting for more niche and adult-oriented roles, an experience she described in her memoir as ‘transformative.” Ward’s been open to creating her own fortune in the midst of industry shame, and in giving credit to the switch, which afforded her long-term creative satisfaction. Despite placing her at odds with among other co-stars, however, she’s also had that mea culpa moment, guest starring on Pod Meets World to apologize. A quarter century later, the Boy Meets World cast lives are the very definition of the complexity of growing up both on and off set. Their tales consist of nostalgia and intervention on the capability to rebound, self-awareness, and the long-term strength of connections. In the eye of the mind of the audience, these updates aren’t so much where the actors are these days they’re also that friendships that occurred in our youth have the capability to impact us years down the road.
