Rowan Blanchard, 11, cast in 'Girl Meets World' pilot NYP99032993 - 30 MARCH 1999 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: React Magazine held a Take Action Awards Presentation event at the LeCirque 2000 in New York city, March 29. Pictured here are Take Action Celebrity presenters, Emme, E! Fashion Emergency Host and Revlon Spokesmodel, Ben Savage, ABC-TV's "Boy Meets World" star and Oscar Award winning actress Anna Paquin. wy/HO UPI LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Rowan Blanchard, an 11-year-old actress from Los Angeles, has been cast in the "Boy Meets World" spinoff, "Girl Meets World," producers said. Blanchard has appeared in the films "Spy Kids: All the Time in World in 4D" and "The Back-up Plan." She has been hired to play Riley, the daughter of Ben Savage's Cory and Danielle Fishel's Topanga, in the upcoming Disney Channel show after a nationwide casting search, EW.com reported Monday. "As soon as Rowan walked into the room, I was reminded of why Ben Savage was loved as Cory Matthews," Michael Jacobs, who is producing the "Girl Meets World" pilot, told EW.com. Rowan is real and accessible and I am hopeful this girl is about to meet a world that will love growing up with her as well. The pilot is to start shooting next month.