On this week's Bates Motel, Rihanna begins her two-episode Pyscho-inspired arc as Marion Crane, the doomed character Janet Leigh portrayed in the classic 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film. Bates Motel creators/executive producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin spoke to me a bit about the casting the pop star as one of cinema's most famous murder victims, how it came about, and why the Psycho storyline wasn't made to be the very end for the series, which will continue for four final episodes beyond Marion's appearance.
"Bates Motel is really the story of Norman and being in Norman's shoes," Ehrin explained, "and what Psycho was doesn't feel like the ending to who Norman is here. Because basically the ending of Psycho is that he's lost. He's gone. He doesn't know who he is. He's completely absorbed and becomes the mother persona. We wanted to tell a different story."
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"Bates Motel is really the story of Norman and being in Norman's shoes," Ehrin explained, "and what Psycho was doesn't feel like the ending to who Norman is here. Because basically the ending of Psycho is that he's lost. He's gone. He doesn't know who he is. He's completely absorbed and becomes the mother persona. We wanted to tell a different story."
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