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Bates Motel began filming on its iconic Bates Motel and House set in Aldergrove today for the first time in its final season. Production assistants allowed me to park briefly and one escorted me down the road to take a few photos while they were setting up at the Bates Motel office. Two fans arrived when I was leaving and were standing opposite set when I drove back. But earlier a fan was told not to take photos or video period. I don’t know what the situation will be in their final season in Aldergrove. It might depend on what and whom they’re filming — with all bets off when pop star Rihanna checks in as Marion Crane.
What will be the Bates Motel spin on Marion Crane? Production has cast Austin Nichols (The Walking Dead) as Sam Loomis, who was Marion’s boyfriend in the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho. And Isabelle McNally as his wife Madeleine Loomis, a young Norma Bates lookalike. Love triangle gone wrong?
Norma’s Mercedes still parked below the house.
Madelaine Loomis (Isabelle McNally) drops off paint for Norman in her Village Hardware truck.
The closest I came to Norma (Vera Farmiga) and Norman (Freddie Highmore) Bates today was their signed photos on the wall in Langley’s Hill Top Cafe.
But here’s a fun item. Online reviews of the motel in Aldergrove.
Lol. The comments though. #Batesmotel @yvrshoots @InsideBates pic.twitter.com/5nf6vuMk5N
— Real Gulo gulo (@Real_Gulogulo) September 22, 2016