Rihanna to play Psycho's Marion Crane
The announcement was made during the show's Comic-Con 2016 panel.
Rihanna will be playing the iconic role of Marion Crane in the final season of the television show Bates Motel.
The announcement was made during the show’s Comic-Con 2016 panel. “Yes, hello Comic-Con. It’s your girl RiRi. And let me tell you what the bad bitch is about to do. I’m about to check in to the Bates Motel very soon. And guess what else. Guess who’s playing Marion. Yes, so all you Comic-Con fans, all you Bates Motel fans, stay tuned,” RiRi said.
“We wanted to thrust the iconic role into a contemporary spotlight and redefine it in a meaningful and exciting new way. We also heard Rihanna was a fan of the show, and we were huge fans of hers, so it was the perfect collision of creativity and fate,” executive producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin added. Marion was originally played by Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.