Brady Kid Cast as Soap Schemer
Move over, Marcia! Beloved Brady Bunch ingenue Maureen McCormick has joined the cast of Passions, NBC's deliciously innovative daytime soap, as Rebecca Hotchkiss, on-screen mother to a character played by Susan Lucci's real-life daughter!
"Rebecca is manipulative and calculating," McCormick tells TV Guide Online. "She wants to control everything! She wants money, power and, from what I can see, to take over the Crane empire. I've already had a small fight with Pilar [the Cranes' housekeeper], who I've heard is always very nice, so the actress who plays her was really excited to do that."
McCormick's soap character, who debuts July 5, obviously comes from luxury, but the actress doesn't have the luxury of time working on Passions, which tapes one episode a day. "Oh, it's overwhelming! I want to go back and redo everything," she confesses. "I'm a perfectionist,