BATES MOTEL Comic-Con Panel Reveals Rihanna Will Play Marion Crane in The Show's Final Season
After exploring the twisted relationship between Norman Bates and his mother, the A&E series Bates Motel is approaching its conclusion. And since we all know that the story ends with the events of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, that means we'll need to see Marion Crane, the protagonist of the movie who was memorably murdered in the shower in one of the most famous scenes in movie history.
At the show's Comic-Con panel, they announced that the one and only Rihanna will be playing the character. I wonder if she'll call Norman a rude boy? Check it out in the video below:
But if you think it's just going to be a rehash of the movie, think again. Carlton Cuse tells EW that's not the case:
“We are going to meet Marion Crane, but what we don’t want to do is create the impression that we’re redoing the movie because we’re not at all,” said executive producer Carlton Cuse. “She’s a very different person in the movie and her story plays out in a different way.”
Check out the show's Twitter feed for a bunch more videos of the panel.