Christine Taylor was asked to lose 10 pounds after landing Marcia Brady role in 'Brady Bunch Movie'

Christine Taylor landed her dream role as Marcia Brady in "The Brady Bunch Movie" – but the part came with a catch.The "Brady Bunch Movie" star recalled the uncomfortable demand she received after landing the role of Marcia Brady during the "Office Ladies" podcast, revealing she was "embarrassed" but agreed to do it because "that was just how things went" in Hollywood at the time.Taylor landed the role of Marcia after starring in a live show called "The Real Live Brady Bunch." The actress had been obsessed with Marcia Brady for years and had seen "every single episode ...backwards and forwards, inside out."MICHELLE PFEIFFER SAYS SHE FELT 'HUMILIATED' FOLLOWING HER AUDITION FOR HER BREAKTHROUGH ROLE IN 'GREASE 2'Christine Taylor revealed she was asked to lose 10 pounds after landing the role of Marcia Brady in "The Brady Bunch Movie." (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)"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...'" she recalled.For Taylor, getting a personal call from "The Brady Bunch" creator was the kind of Hollywood moment she never expected – and one she wished she had preserved."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," she added.But beneath the disbelief, Taylor said she had no doubts about whether she was right for the role.‘BRADY BUNCH’ STAR SHARES THE SIMPLE WORD THAT SAVED HER FROM HOLLYWOOD TRAPSChristine Taylor said she was "embarrassed" by the request but agreed because that was common in Hollywood at the time.
(Getty Images)"I knew it in my core that there was nobody who could do it better than me," Taylor remembered.That confidence appeared to carry her through the casting process, which Taylor remembered as surprisingly straightforward."I'm fairly...