15 Surprising Facts About the Brady Bunch

3. When it Came to Casting, Hair Color Mattered

When they were casting the show, they started with the kids before looking for actors to play the parents. They knew they wanted contrasting hair colors for the families, but weren’t sure which gender would be light and which would be dark. So they actually chose a set of each and waited to see which would match up with the Mike and Carol actors. So that means there are six people out there who were almost cast as the Brady children, they just ended up having the wrong hair color! They did, however, make accommodations to cast Mike Lookinland as youngest bro, Bobby. They actually dyed his natural sandy hair dark brown to match up with Greg and Peter’s hue, and straightened out his natural curls. Only during the last two seasons did they allow his true hair color to shine through.