And now, as the show begins its final arc, the timeline has caught up to its famous source material: The previous two episodes tackled the story of Marion Crane, the iconic role played by Janet Leigh in the first act of Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho (57-year-old spoiler: Shes stabbed to death in the s
s just a retelling of Psycho. Its not. But at this time, introducing Marion Crane to the narrative, we had to both fully embrace those incredibly well-known elements of the original, but then take a sharp left turn. I cant come up with a better metaphor than your roller coaster one. So, the rolle
Ehrin: That was exactly the intention. It was fun in a way to have people think the Marion Crane thing was going to be the big emotional point, and while it certainly is integrated and weaves into it, it really does land on this arc of Normans that is the most meaningful of the entire series. And g
AVC: Was that sense of play one of the factors that led you to toying with the films own innovation and getting the biggest name possible to play Marion Crane? Rihanna is such an interesting choice, because she brings that cache of cultural awareness that makes people think, Oh, Marion Crane is pl
was reading a profile of her in Vanity Fair, and she said Bates Motel was her favorite show. I had been talking to Kerry about how we were going to cast Marion Crane, and how were we going to cast someone that wouldnt be a pale imitation of Janet Leigh. How we were going to solve that problem. I s
