Christine Taylor

“And then out-of-the-blue one day, I mean, out of the blue on my answering machine in 1990, whatever year this was, 92 or 93, I got a message from Sherwood Schwartz calling me, just cold calling me saying, 'I would love to meet with you...'”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor recalled receiving an unexpected answering machine message from Brady Bunch creator Sherwood Schwartz.

“The one thing that I got, and I was not a super heavy person, but they asked me to lose 10 pounds.”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor revealed she was asked to lose 10 pounds after landing the role of Marcia Brady.

“Nonfat frozen yogurt was the big craze at the time. And that was my treat. I was like, 'Oh, I wrapped. I'm going to meet my roommate. We're going to go to the Big Chill and get a frozen yogurt with a huge thing of sprinkles on the side.'”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor described treating herself to nonfat frozen yogurt with sprinkles after wrapping scenes.

“But I was like, 'I'll do it.' And then the joke is over the course of the movie, which if you watch it very closely, I start to put the 10 pounds back on, and you can see it,”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor joked that she gradually gained the 10 pounds back during filming due to reshoots.

“They didn't tell me I got it, but I never had to go back in and audition solo again.”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor said she was not explicitly told she got the role but never had to audition solo again.

“that was just how things went”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor said being asked to lose weight for a role was common in Hollywood at the time.

“every single episode ... backwards and forwards, inside out.”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor described her long-running obsession with Marcia Brady before landing the role.

“I'm fairly sure that I met with them and that was pretty much it,”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor recalled that the casting process was straightforward and required only one meeting.

“Of course I was embarrassed when that ask came my way because, by the way, it would never happen today. And also it just was like, I wasn't the only person ever being asked to lose weight for a role back then. That was just how things went.”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor said she was embarrassed by the weight-loss request but noted such demands were common in the industry at the time.

“But no, over the course of the movie, I really started to treat myself,”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor said she began treating herself more freely as the movie progressed.

“I was like, 'I'll lose 10 pounds,'”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor admitted she agreed to the request to lose 10 pounds for the role.

“I knew it in my core that there was nobody who could do it better than me,”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor said she was certain she was the best person for the role of Marcia Brady.

“It was a pinch me moment that I cannot believe to this day that I still didn't keep my little tape from the answering machine,”

Christine Taylor · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07

Taylor expressed regret that she did not save the answering machine tape from Sherwood Schwartz.