The exterior of the Bates' house is a faithful reproduction of the design for the characters' house in Psycho , which was in turn modeled by Alfred Hitchcock after Edward Hopper's painting The House by the Railroad. Even though the series is set in modern day, Vera Farmiga's look, including her hairstyle and costumes, subtly reflect the style of , from when the movie Psycho was filmed.
Most of the other characters are wearing clothes of the present day. According to him, he botched his audition after looking up Psycho on Netflix, finding American Psycho instead and basing his audition around the personality of Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale, and not Norman Bates, played by Anthony Perkins.
Series writer Bill Balas actually has cystic fibrosis, and was the inspiration for the Emma Decody Olivia Cooke character being afflicted with the disease. When Ryan Hurst was offered the role of Chick Hogan, he thought it was too similar to other characters he had played before, so he told showrunner Kerry Ehrin that he would accept the role if he could make it personal.
Freddie Highmore studied at Cambridge during filming of the first few seasons, so the shooting worked around that. The actor had to have six months off to go back and finish university. Olivia Cooke is English. Although she plays Emma with an American accent, the character's backstory states that she's originally from the UK.
In the original novel by Robert Bloch, Norman was much older being in his 40s and was overweight and an alcoholic. Hitchcock changed this to a more handsome man to make the character appear more sympathetic and give him the normal boy next door look.
This in turn led to him casting Anthony Perkins, who he would always address as "Master Bates" during filming. Vera Farmiga was also offered the chance to direct but declined. When asked if she would like to direct an episode of the show, Vera Farmiga hesitated because, on a TV show, the director doesn't have final cut. Although Norman Bates has traditionally been portrayed as an only child, Ed Gein, the real life serial killer whose atrocities were the basis for the character of Norman Bates, did, in fact, have an older brother.
The company that Marion Crane Rihanna works at is named R. Bloch, an homage to Robert Bloch who wrote the original novel Psycho, upon which Bates Motel is based. Robert Bloch was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle and was mentored by H.
Lovecraft himself. With the airing of Bates Motel, this marks the third time a replica of the Psycho house has been built. The second replica was built in Winnemucca, Nevada in to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Psycho. The series' actual set in Aldergrove, British Columbia.
Other set locations have been used throughout the Fraser Valley, British Columbia. The set of the original film was replicated in Aldergrove, located on nd Street. The role of Emma's Olivia Cooke dad was portrayed by two actors over the course of the series. However, the set itself was built in Aldergrove, British Columbia on nd street. The replica was built five weeks under a tight budget. The crew placed a cut-out of Hitchcock in the motel window on off hours, a deterrent against vandalism that ended up working extremely well.
Unfortunately for fans interested in visiting the site, it was taken down in when the show finished filming. Next: Halloween: Where Is Haddonfield? Shannon Lewis is a features and news writer on Screen Rant. She has experience in editorial working as the deputy editor for Specialty Food, an online and print magazine, curating its news section and social media. She has worked as a freelance writer since , writing articles, features, and profiles in a wide range of topics, from business and tech to pop culture and media.
The motel and house were recreated in Vancouver, British Columbia. Star Nestor Carbonell revealed in a Periscope video that the crew was able to build it in five weeks — but it's located on a landfill.
The motel set is semi-functional. Four rooms are fully designed and are filmed in. Interior scenes at the house are shot on a stage. The house where Norman and Norma live is only a shell. The crew was able to build it in five weeks — but without a roof. When they first began filming in they couldn't afford to put a roof on the building so they used CGI to create it in season one.
After the series was picked up for a second season they were able to put the roof on in between filming of the first and second season.
The Bates Motel on TV and in the movie may look similar, but they have a couple differences design-wise.
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