Who should have played Norman Bates - Psycho (1998) Discussion

[–] patrick_bateman_90056 17 years ago

Zac Efron!!

No, I'm just kidding.

Leo DiCaprio would have been good, but too young. Jake Gyllenhaal, maybe.

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[–] mish-15 17 years ago

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.

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[–] carcuss1970-1 17 years ago

I 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.
Cheers,
Carcuss.

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[–] patrick-ward-2 17 years ago

christian bale

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[–] prykep 14 years ago

Vince Vaughn stinks on ice..what an insulting choice.

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[–] eastcoastguyz 13 years ago

The 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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[–] sevenhorseshoes 9 years ago

Vaughn WAS better than Perkins. I agree!

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[–] legnadibrom (6234) a year ago

exsqueeze me?

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[–] gaftsupreme 17 years ago

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[–] vicky_lc2001-1 16 years ago

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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[–] ggopen0 14 years ago

SUPPOSED to be? Have you read the book?

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[–] vicky_lc2001-1 14 years ago

Nope. I'm basing it on the classic Hitchcock movie.

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[–] SlickySlixta 10 years ago

Leo DiCaprio would have been good, but too young. Jake Gyllenhaal, maybe.

Jake Gyllenhaal is 6 years younger than Leonardo DiCaprio.

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[–] anthonyinaction 17 years ago

No-one can play Norman Bates except Anthony Perkins.

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[–] BennyM 17 years ago

That's exactly who I was thinking of.

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[–] BaronVictor 17 years ago

Edward Norton would be cool

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[–] r_freeman 12 years ago

Edward Norton would be good.

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[–] alan786 17 years ago

Johnny Depp or Kevin Spacey

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[–] vicky_lc2001-1 16 years ago

They're too old for the role, even back in 1998, it has to be a young & handsome 20 something, w/c is why they cast Perkins in the original.

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[–] Elijah_Thibideau 16 years ago

I agree. There is only one Psycho, and therefore the only actor to play to role is Perkins.Period.End of Story.

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[–] ryderdvs 14 years ago

Jeremy Davies.

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[–] FizzyGillespie 17 years ago

Norm MacDonald would have been amazing.

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[–] Uwe_Boll_1 17 years ago

Johnny Depp

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[–] marinushu 17 years ago

johnny depp

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[–] KC_heat_3 17 years ago

Scott Mechlowicz, only because, to me he looks very similar to Anthony Perkins.
Does anyone else see this???
who knows, i think he's a pretty good actor too.

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[–] itsjustamazing-mary 17 years ago

aunty carol

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[–] djtracid 17 years ago

So 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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[–] vicky_lc2001-1 16 years ago

Yeah, I see what you mean, plus he has that shy vulnerability going on too.

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[–] majestic-man 17 years ago

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.

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[–] DKSalazarR 17 years ago

Anthony 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.