Who should have played Norman Bates
In my opinion they should have had Zachary Quinto who plays Sylar from Heroes be Norman Bates cause he be perfect for the role. Right?
shareIn my opinion they should have had Zachary Quinto who plays Sylar from Heroes be Norman Bates cause he be perfect for the role. Right?
shareZac Efron!!
No, I'm just kidding.
Leo DiCaprio would have been good, but too young. Jake Gyllenhaal, maybe.
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Dude, Josh Hartnett would've been perfect as Norman Bates. He and Anthony Perkins have a lot of facial similarities, even their mannerism is comparable.
shareI don't understand the speculation. Vince Vaughn was very good. He was understated and very creepy as Norman Bates. What is the point of saying "So and so should have played Norman...."? Vaughn is, I believe, BETTER than Perkins. He's much more real and not a mannered performance. Vaughn had me totally convinced that he was a complete nutter who could appear harmless and normal to the outside world. I LOVE ya Vince. You were perfectly cast imo.
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Vince Vaughn stinks on ice..what an insulting choice.
shareThe first time I saw this movie was on cable when I was channeling surfing and the scene I saw was when the missing woman's boy friend comes along with her sister to find her. Not seeing anything else in the movie and knowing the original, in that scene, I wasn't really sure who was Norman Bates. I then saw the entire movie, and leading into it that scene wasn't as odd, but Vince Vaughn wasn't a strong enough Norman Bates to me. It might have very well been the direction he was given.
I could certainly see the role of Norman Bates being played by Christian Bale for sure. Another choice might be Jon Hamm.
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Huh? Norman Bates is supposed to be young, a young, vulnerable & handsome 20 something guy. Also, Leo D. is about 6 years older than Jake. They should've cast a 20 something guy for the role, Quinto would've been a good choice, Jake would've been too young in 1998.
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SUPPOSED to be? Have you read the book?
shareNope. I'm basing it on the classic Hitchcock movie.
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Leo DiCaprio would have been good, but too young. Jake Gyllenhaal, maybe.
Norm MacDonald would have been amazing.
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shareScott Mechlowicz, only because, to me he looks very similar to Anthony Perkins.
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who knows, i think he's a pretty good actor too.
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shareSo it's funny we just happened to be talking about this (by we, I mean me and Mother, of course...) In the book it was a fat old guy, AH wanted him to be initially really likable and wanted to make him young and cute... So going with that, I was thinking Toby Maguire... He just looks so innocent!
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Yeah, I see what you mean, plus he has that shy vulnerability going on too.
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Vince Vaughn is too beefy in build and too pushy in personality -- he grandstands his dialogue like he's on the podium at a big meeting. Van Sant should have cast Edward Norton, who DOES appear to have that sort of nervous affability that Anthony Perkins was able to effect.
shareAnthony Perkins became Norman Bates, I'm not saying he was the only one who could have played him, but now he is Norman Bates and anyone else is either a pale imitation or completely wrong for the role. You can't win.
That said, if I had to choose, maybe Crispin Glover.
That's exactly who I was thinking of or Edward Norton.
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