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Danielle Fishel chats with THR at the 'Wizards Beyond Waverly Place' premiere and dishes on directing a few episodes of the new show. Plus, she praises former 'Girl Meets World' co-star Sabrina Carpenter skyrocketing to fame and the importance of making it a safe environment for young actors on set.

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00:00You directed an episode of the show. What was it like? Oh, I didn't. What was it like stepping

00:05on set and directing these? Absolutely amazing. It's been so much fun. It's always so great to

00:11step onto a set when you have the kind of leaders that Selena and David Henry and Mimi are as the

00:17adult cast really setting the tone for what it's going to be like to work on the show. They're all

00:22so inspiring, so motivational, so talented, so hardworking, and also really allow the kids to

00:28take care of themselves and trust their instincts. It's been wonderful. Girl Meets World really set

00:34the tone on how to do a sequel right on the Disney Channel, I feel like. What do you think it was

00:39about that show that really resonated not just with fans of Boy Meets World but brought in a whole

00:43new audience of young fans? I think it's so important to understand that the show needs to have room for

00:49the kids to be the stars. Of course, David Henry is a megastar. Of course, Selena Gomez is a megastar,

00:55but these kids also need the opportunity to form their own characters and to have their own voices

01:00and to become personalities of their own. And if you are constantly reminding the audience of what

01:06was before and not allowing a new thing to grow, sometimes that's not going to work. In this case,

01:11everyone's going to be absolutely impressed with this new cast. It's really great.

01:16Speaking of megastars, Sabrina Carpenter has just had such an amazing year. What's it been like,

01:21especially just this past year, this like skyrocket trajectory that she's been on?

01:25I know. I mean, it's a dream come true. And yet also, I never for one second thought it wouldn't

01:31happen. It's just, it's just, yeah, it's happened. And here it is the moment we, the moment we always

01:36knew was coming. And she deserves every bit of it. She's just the kindest, most hardworking,

01:42most thoughtful, funny, amazing, everything you think she is, she is and more. And so it's been really

01:49joyful for me, for the world to just get to see a little bit more of the person I've known for over

01:53a decade now. I love that so much. And sort of a serious question. There's been a lot of headlines

01:57this past year with things like Quiet On Set about people having kids having bad experiences in

02:03Hollywood. Being an adult on set of shows like Girl Meets World and now Wizards Beyond Waverly

02:07Plays, how did you work to ensure that the kids on these shows have a positive experience?

02:11Well, I think parents being incredibly involved and the parents, thankfully, of all the shows I've been

02:16able to direct for Disney Channel. The parents are all very involved. They're all very much there.

02:19That obviously is a huge help. But also fostering an environment where there are no secrets. There

02:24are no closed door meetings. Everybody's involved in everything. Like I said, the leaders of the sets

02:30are so much more mindful and involved that it makes that a lot easier.

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