Boy Meets World actor Will Friedle refuses to give up hope for a reunion with estranged co-star Ben Savage - .
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Will Friedle Calls Out Ben Savage to Reconnect
Boy Meets World actor Will Friedle refuses to give up hope for a reunion with estranged co-star Ben Savage - six years after Savage 'ghosted' the entire cast.Sp...
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Speaking to PEOPLE on Wednesday, Friedle, 49, admitted he feels the urge to 'pick up the phone' and call the actor-turned-politician, 45, so they can talk things through.
'I know I'm shouting into the void, but I'm going to keep doing it,' he said. 'I haven't given up on my friend.'
Friedle and Savage played onscreen brothers, Eric and Cory Matthews, respectively, on the hit coming-of-age sitcom, which ran for seven seasons on ABC in the 1990s.
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Despite Savage distancing himself from the Boy Meets World cast, Friedle still believes that Savage will one day be open to reconnecting.
'I'm hoping that he comes back into our lives at some point, and when he does, we're going to have a lot to talk about.'
Boy Meets World actor Will Friedle refuses to give up hope for a reunion with estranged co-star Ben Savage - six years after Savage 'ghosted' the entire cast; (L-R) Will Friedle, Rider Strong, Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel
Also chiming in on Savage's estrangement from the cast was actress Danielle Fishel, who famously played Topanga Lawrence, the girlfriend of Savage's character Cory.
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She told PEOPLE that she has 'immense understanding and grace' towards Savage and his decision to not 'look back' on their years on the show.
Speaking to PEOPLE on Wednesday, Friedle, 49, admitted he still feels the urge to 'pick up the phone' and call Savage so they can talk things out; Friedle seen in 2023
Friedle and Savage played onscreen brothers, Eric and Cory Matthews, respectively, on the hit coming-of-age sitcom, which ran for seven seasons on ABC in the 1990s; (L-R) Lily Nicksay, Ben Savage, Will Friedle, William Russ and Betsy Randle
'We talked a lot about how he looked forward to being a dad someday. So I like imagining this phase of life that he's in now.'
Fishel admitted that not being part of Savage's life 'milestones' is 'sad' for her.
'I'm hoping that he comes back into our lives at some point, and when he does, we're going to have a lot to talk about,' Friedle said of Savage; Savage seen in 2018
Also chiming in on Savage's estrangement from the cast was actress Danielle Fishel, who famously played Topanga Lawrence
Fishel admitted that not being part of Savage's life 'milestones' is 'sad' for her; Savage and Fishel on Boy Meets World (1996)
'He ghosted us,' she told Variety at the time. 'He just kind of disappeared from our lives.'
Fishel said that she hadn't seen Savage since he visited her in the NICU after her first child - son Adler Lawrence Karp - was born a month prematurely in June 2019.
'We were just so, so close, especially during that time. He was checking in with me regularly,' Fishel said.
Friedle, who also took part in the 2023 Variety interview, insisted that there was 'no fight, falling out, or animosity' before Savage 'disappeared' from their lives.
'I've known him since he was 11 years old, and we have a shared history,' he said.
'And we were doing these conventions together, and we were getting to know each other as adults, and then he just kind of went, "I'm done with you."'
'I finally sent a text saying, "I've known you for 30 years, what's going on?" I said, "I'm gonna call you every day until you tell me not to call you anymore."
'That lasted about three weeks or a month, every single day.'
In his and Fishel's conversation with PEOPLE, Friedle said it's been 'hard' doing the Boy Meets World rewatch podcast without Savage; (L-R) Friedle, Fishel and co-star Rider Strong in 2024
Back in 2023, Friedle insisted that there was 'no fight, falling out, or animosity' before Savage 'disappeared' from their lives; Savage seen in 2016
Friedle continued: 'I tried and tried and tried for months, until finally my wife was like, "Why are you doing this to yourself? He obviously doesn't want you in his life."'
Savage, Friedle, Fishel and Strong all got their big break starring in the ABC sitcom , which ran for seven seasons (1993-2000).
Over a decade later, the Disney Channel launched the Boy Meets World spin-off Girl Meets World in 2014, which saw the return of the show's original stars.
The series, which also starred a young Sabrina Carpenter, ran for three seasons before coming to an end in 2017.
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