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Only 14 when the series began airing, McCormick said she battled anxiety and personal insecurities due to playing sweet and wholesome Marcia. McCormick recalls drug binges at the Playboy Mansion, and even being so out of it she blew an audition with Steven Spielberg for a role in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

After getting clean in the mid-eighties, she says she has come to terms with and even feels acceptance of her Brady character.

Williams, like many teens in the s, admits to experimenting with drugs. Enjoying a day off from the set with friends, Williams says they smoked some marijuana. Cindy, the youngest member of the Bradys, was often chided for being a tattletale on the show. In real life, Olsen spilled the beans to News. According to Olsen, each young actor paired up with their opposite cast member on the show.

Eve always had a crush on Chris, they did kind of hook up later on. And, of course, there was Maureen and Barry. As Mike, Reed was the level-headed patriarch of the Brady family, doling out words of wisdom with a kindly tone and fatherly hugs at the ready. In real life, Reed, a classically-trained actor, was a homosexual who kept his private life under wraps, a not uncommon occurrence at the time due to fears the revelation would impact ongoing career success.

Reed, who passed away in , also clashed with producer Schwartz over storylines, and especially the visual gags written into each episode. Reed believed the story to be under par and reportedly demanded the episode be rewritten or he would not appear. We've received your submission. Attempting to placate the actor, Schwartz invited Reed down to the set where strawberries were actually being cooked and pointed out that the berries did indeed give off a scent.

Reed was famous for being difficult on set. In yet another, Reed whined about the implausibility of his character slipping on a broken egg. In , he happened across a newspaper article stating that 29 percent of families now included a child from a previous marriage. He began crafting a show about a blended family that would serve as a parable for his personal belief that different people could always learn to live together.

He also stocked the family with six kids; a boy and a girl occupying three different age groups. A full range of kid viewers — from young children to teens — could find someone to identify with. Susan Olsen was chosen out of hopefuls Schwartz personally interviewed to play youngest daughter Cindy. Maureen McCormick was at first eyed to play middle daughter Jan, but when Schwartz tinkered with the ages of the kids, McCormick became eldest daughter Marcia.

Eve Plumb played Jan. Competition was fierce to play parents Mike, an architect, and Carol, a stay-at-home mom with creative pursuits. One actress vying for the matriarch role sent Schwartz nude photos. Another, when Schwartz went to shake her hand, instead grabbed his crotch. Reed, who fancied himself a Shakespearean actor, took the part simply for the money and quickly became a distraction. The unhappy actor would frequently spend his lunch breaks getting sloshed and when he returned to the set drunk, Schwartz would have to end filming for the day.

It probably felt weird for Marcia to date her on-screen brother, but Williams and McCormick clearly found their chemistry too strong to deny. The two forged a relationship and McCormick recalled how weird it was to keep filming during that stage of their budding romance. What am I doing? She said the cast often paired up for some kissing sessions. Eve always had a crush on Chris, they did kind of hook up later on. And, of course, there was Maureen and Barry. Even though she played one of the most wholesome characters in existence on television, in real life McCormick struggled with addiction and depression following the conclusion of the series.

No one suspected the fear that gnawed at me.