{"id":412670,"date":"2026-09-28T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412670\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:40:12","slug":"central-florida-native-joins-netflixs-reboot-of-a-different-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412670\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Florida native joins Netflix&#8217;s reboot of &#8220;A Different World&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Central Florida native joins Netflix&#8217;s reboot of &#8220;A Different World&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aysia Moorer, an actress from Eatonville, plays Officer Boo Boo in Netflix&#8217;s reboot of the iconic series &#8220;A Different World,&#8221; joining a beloved, multigenerational cast. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/ceed934a-4a4b-487e-b430-796ce9f0c4d9\" aria-label=\"Meredith McDonough profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790592009_1_ceed934a-4a4b-487e-b430-796ce9f0c4d9_1739564660.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Meredith McDonough\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790592011_56_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Default author avatar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Netflix&#8217;s reboot of A Different World became the number one series on the platform&#8217;s U.S. top ten list, introducing a new generation to Hillman College. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Aysia Moorer, an actress born in historic Eatonville, is part of the cast, bringing a little Central Florida flair to the revival of the 1980s and 1990s hit spin-off. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Moorer plays &#8220;Officer Boo Boo,&#8221; a campus security guard who keeps Hillman&#8217;s students safe, in line, and (mostly) out of trouble. <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/59641bc2-382a-4db7-ab5a-89300597250f.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Netflix, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Eatonville actress Aysia Moorer at red carpet premiere of Netflix\u2019s &#8220;A Different World&#8221; (2026)<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/59641bc2-382a-4db7-ab5a-89300597250f.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Viewers will also spot beloved stars from the original series, which ran from 1987 to 1993. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Cree Summer, and Darryl M. Bell return to reprise their roles as &#8220;Dwayne Wayne,&#8221; &#8220;Whitley Gilbert-Wayne,&#8221; &#8220;Freddie Brooks,&#8221; and &#8220;Ron Johnson&#8221; on Hillman&#8217;s campus. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">In addition to acting, Moorer is an award-winning producer and social worker. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">She credits her Eatonville roots for shaping her journey and careers. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81747525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about and stream A Different World.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">Follow Moorer&#8217;s journey via Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aysiamoorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Central Florida native joins Netflix&#8217;s reboot of &#8220;A Different World&#8221; Aysia Moorer, an actress from Eatonville, plays Officer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[163553,68914,163557,163554,4773,28,30,29,163552,163560,6134,11496,163559,163555,163558,22930,405,163556],"class_list":["post-412670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-aysia-moorer","tag-central-florida-native","tag-darryl-m-bell-return","tag-different-world","tag-eatonville","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-hillman-college","tag-jasmine-guy","tag-journey","tag-netflix","tag-officer-boo-boo","tag-reboot","tag-reprise","tag-role","tag-series","tag-spin-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}