Star of 1995 No. 1 Hit Film Fought to Save an Iconic ‘Brady Bunch' Moment
Christine Taylor opened up about her breakout role in The Brady Bunch Movie. The 1995 comedy film, based on Sherwood Schwartz's classic 1970s sitcom, featured Taylor in the role of Marcia Brady, transported into the grunge era. The role was originally played by Maureen McCormick on the TV series.
The Brady Bunch Movie was Taylor's first big movie role, but she unknowingly prepared for it years earlier. During a May 2026 appearance on The McBride Rewind, Taylor, 54, revealed she was a "huge" Brady Bunch fan growing up and watched episodes every day after school.
"I started to, I think, craft my Maureen McCormick/Marcia Brady impression at a very young age without even knowing that there was a future to be had," the actress shared. "I just loved her. I loved the show. I loved the episodes. I loved the dialogue. So it was taking shape in that way for me before I even really knew it. "
Taylor nailed McCormick's mannerisms and dialect in the first Brady Bunch movie and helped make the film a box office smash when it was released over Presidents Day weekend in 1995. The parody film raked in nearly $15 million over its opening weekend and was No. 1 at the box office, The Los Angeles Times reported.
When it came time for a sequel in 1996, Taylor was adamant that her lines sounded exactly as McCormick would have said them in the 1970s.
"In A Very Brady Sequel, the line where I say, ‘I've never heard of a George Glass at our skewl,'" Taylor recalled. "Like the director stopped me and said, ‘Can you just say school? We don't know what you're saying. Can you just say school?' And I said, 'No, I can't because Maureen McCormack said ‘skewl.' Like she said skewl. It was a very specific way of saying it.' So I fought for those moments where I knew it was the way Maureen did it, and she did it so perfectly, and I needed to nail it, and I needed to nail it with love and with affection."
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Taylor also became known for her line "Sure, Jan," which has become a viral meme decades later.
In the new interview, Taylor admitted The Brady Bunch Movie cast "had no idea the movie would be a success."
"In fact, it was that feeling when you're in it, and everybody's finding these characters like not only is it going to be success but is this even going to be good?" she added. "We're sort of like doing this Brady's set in the '90s. Is this too out there? Is it too weird? Are we pushing the envelope too much? Do people just want a simpler thing? But the whole time, the eye on the prize for me was just do it. It was all about just doing it, something that I felt like Maureen would be okay with and proud of and happy with."
McCormick, 69, gave Taylor a thumbs-up for her portrayal of Marcia Brady. During a 2019 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, McCormick revealed she was invited to the premiere of the first Brady film and was blown away. "I was sitting in the theater, and a couple of times, I forgot that it was Christine," The Brady Bunch star said of Taylor's performance.
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This story was originally published May 27, 2026 at 10:10 AM.