Rowan Blanchard Talks Playing Cory and Topanga's Daughter on Girl Meets World

Girl Meets World continues the stories of Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel), now married with children in New York City. But the main star of the Boy Meets World sequel is their daughter, Riley (Rowan Blanchard), who is likely to get into all kinds of teenage hijinks with her best friend Maya (Sabrina Carpenter).

New fans and fans of the original 90s series have high expectations for the series, but the 12-year-old actress spoke to E! Online and revealed that the experience of working on the show still feels surreal.

"It's something that hasn't even still hit me yet. The fact that I can call Cory and Topanga my parents? It's pretty cool," she said. "I know then now as Ben and Danielle off-set and everything, and I am so glad I can say they're equal as loving and incredible people as they are on-screen as they are off-screen." 

Anyone who has seen the pilot online likely has a sense for the character, but Blanchard confirmed "Riley is certainly Cory's kid. Riley resembles Cory in so many ways." 

Interestingly, Blanchard revealed her real father was a teacher at her school, just like her on-screen dad.

"It actually happened in real life for me. My dad was a P.E. instructor at the school I went to for elementary school and yeah, it's awkward," she said with a laugh. "A lot of the same situations I went through in real life are happening on-screen."

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