may have found fame on , but she decided to turn her back on Hollywood after feeling . The actress got her big break on , where she played Jessica Forrester, before rising to prominence thanks to her role as Rachel McGuire on Boy Meets World. However, Maitland retired from mainstream acting in 2007 and instead .
Speaking about her decision to leave the sitcom in favor of adult entertainment, Maitland exclusively told The Mirror US: "That was like, 'Wow people are interested in me and they want to see me sexy and they want to see me do all these things that I was told by Hollywood nobody wanted to see." She continued: "It expanded my career, it showed me things that I never thought I could do myself and I was liberated." Maitland said she felt "kind of trapped in that Disney-esque thing from the early 2000s and the 90s that really boxed you into a certain type of thing.
"They wanted to use you for a period of time and then keep you there forever, for the rest of your life and this really did liberate me from that box." However, Maitland still had a great time on Boy Meets World and described it as a "great wild ride". She also admitted she wouldn't be against returning to mainstream acting.
The actress told us: "I think mainstream is definitely opening up to more provocative kind of filmmaking and television making so I'm definitely interested in that." She added: "I can definitely see myself in mainstream in a different light and and I can see myself in porn. I don't want to .