Bonnie Morganhad been cast as Topanga Lawrence on the now\u002Dclassic Disney Channel sitcom in 1993 opposite Ben Savage.
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The 41-year-old actress had been cast as Topanga Lawrence on the now-classic Disney Channel sitcom in 1993 opposite Ben Savage but alleged that the reason the part eventually went to Danielle Fishel was because it was thought that she “couldn’t take direction” and she didn’t look good on camera.From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.
“Now, we’re blocking, and Ben [Savage] kind of started poking at me a little bit. He would make faces and try to break me, and it worked. At this point, I was becoming a nervous wreck. I couldn’t get his name, the opening line, Cory … and [director] David [Trainer] was just like, ‘Get it together.’ I’m trying to pull it together. I pulled it together in sheer fear, and Ben just kept doing this thing to crack me up. At one point, I had a line.
Bonnie – who now works as a contortionist and is known for her role as Samara in ‘The Ring’ – went on to add that she was left “shattered” by her dismissal and revealed that apart from the pilot episode, she never watched an episode of the sitcom throughout its seven-season run.Share this article in your social network
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