freddie highmore played norman bates in the tv show.
freddie highmore played norman bates in the tv show.
who plays norman bates in the tv show?
freddie highmore
norman bates was portrayed by anthony perkins in hitchcock's seminal 1960 film adaptation of bloch's novel and its three sequels. perkins hosted an episode of "saturday night live" in 1976 in which he performed numerous sketches portraying norman, including the instructional video "the norman bates school of motel management". he also portrayed norman, albeit more lightheartedly, in a 1990 commercial for oatmeal crisp cereal. vince vaughn portrayed norman in gus van sant's 1998 version of "psycho", while kurt paul, perkins' "mother" stunt double in "psycho ii" and "psycho iii", took on the role in the made-for-tv film spin-off "bates motel". perkins' son oz portrayed a younger version of norman in "psycho ii". henry thomas played a younger version of the character in "". freddie highmore portrayed norman in the tv series "bates motel". for his performance, highmore was nominated twice for a critic's choice award, a saturn award, and won a people's choice award in 2017.
norman bates
norman bates, the main character in "psycho", was very loosely based on two people. first was the real-life serial killer ed gein, about whom bloch later wrote a fictionalized account, "the shambles of ed gein". (the story can be found in "crimes and punishments: the lost bloch, volume 3"). second, it has been indicated by several people, including noel carter (wife of lin carter) and chris steinbrunner, as well as allegedly by bloch himself, that norman bates was partly based on calvin beck, publisher of "castle of frankenstein". bloch's basing of the character of norman bates on ed gein is discussed in the documentary "ed gein: the ghoul of plainfield", which can be found on disc 2 of the dvd release of 2003's "the texas chainsaw massacre". bloch has also, however, commented that it was the situation itself - a mass murderer living undetected and unsuspected in a typical small town in middle america - rather than gein himself who sparked bloch's storyline. he writes: "thus the real-life murderer was not the role model for my character norman bates. ed gein didn't own or operate a motel. ed gein didn't kill anyone in the shower. ed gein wasn't into taxidermy. ed gein didn't stuff his mother, keep her body in the house, dress in a drag outfit, or adopt an alternative personality. these were the functions and characteristics of norman bates, and norman bates didn't exist until i made him up. out of my own imagination, i add, which is probably the reason so few offer to take showers with me."
robert bloch