Behind The Scenes Of The Iconic ‘Brady Bunch’

Published on 10/23/2018
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Not A Natural

In real life, Mike Lookinland has sandy-colored wavy hair. To play Bobby in the show, he needed to dye his hair into a dark brown shade and have it straightened to match his on-set brothers’ looks. However, the dye would run down his face when the set got too hot. It was slightly inconvenient, to say the least.

Not A Natural

Not A Natural

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That’s A No From Me

Gene Hackman, one of the Hollywood’s rising actors at the time, was first considered for the lead role of Mike Brady. But he was later replaced with Robert Reed, who had a more established acting career during the casting period.

Thats A No From Me

That’s A No From Me

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