Film
864: Hitchcock
Trivia: Real-life
murderer Ed Gein inspired the character Norman Bates in the original Robert
Bloch novel 'Psycho'; Gein also inspired the character of Jame Gumb (Buffalo
Bill) in Thomas Harris' novel 'The Silence of the Lambs' which featured Anthony Hopkins in the film version.
During
the lengthy development process, actresses considered or seen for the roles of Janet Leigh and Vera Miles included Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Evan Rachel Wood, Abbie Cornish, January Jones, Chloë Sevigny, Kate Mara, Brit Marling, Ashley Greene, Emilie de Ravin, Camilla Belle, Natalie Dormer, Diana Agron, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
and Sarah Gadon. In the end, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel were cast.
Andrew Garfield's rehearsal schedule and Broadway run in
"Death of a Salesman" made him unavailable for the role of Anthony
Perkins.
Anthony Hopkins actually met Alfred Hitchcock when he was younger. Hopkins was
accompanied by his agent who introduced him to Hitchcock in a restaurant.
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