Paparazzi were staked outside of a Hastings Street building Tuesday where pop superstar Rihanna is filming scenes for the Bates Motel TV show.
Rihanna is playing Marion Crane, the iconic role played by Janet Leigh in the original Psycho, in the fifth and final season of A&E’s hit drama series that is filmed in Aldergrove and other Metro Vancouver locations.
![Nov. 15, 2016 - Pop star Rihanna films a scene for A&E's Bates Motel downtown Vancouver. Rihanna is playing the doomed Marion Crane in the TV adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. [PNG Merlin Archive]](http://wpmedia.vancouversun.com/2016/11/nov-15-2016-pop-star-rihanna-films-a-scene-for-aes-bates.jpeg?w=640&h=480)
![Nov. 15, 2016 - Pop star Rihanna films a scene for A&E's Bates Motel downtown Vancouver. Rihanna is playing the doomed Marion Crane in the TV adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. [PNG Merlin Archive]](http://wpmedia.vancouversun.com/2016/11/nov-15-2016-pop-star-rihanna-films-a-scene-for-aes-bates2.jpeg?w=640&h=480)
![Nov. 15, 2016 - Pop star Rihanna films a scene for A&E's Bates Motel downtown Vancouver. Rihanna is playing the doomed Marion Crane in the TV adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. [PNG Merlin Archive]](http://wpmedia.vancouversun.com/2016/11/nov-15-2016-pop-star-rihanna-films-a-scene-for-aes-bates1.jpeg?w=640&h=480)
Pop star Rihanna films a scene for A&E’s Bates Motel downtown Vancouver on Tuesday. Rihanna is playing the doomed Marion Crane in the TV adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.
Most of the action will be inside the building, but there will be one exterior shot with an actor entering the office from the street.
Well that's a first – just got heads up Rihanna is on her way and not to let paparazzi in our building
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The Network Hub (@thenetworkhub) November 15, 2016
The Network Hub (@thenetworkhub) Looks like every one is waiting for Rihanna including a bunch of paparazzi ✨ pic.twitter.com/JyKBOYZt0K
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The Network Hub (@thenetworkhub) November 15, 2016
The city of Vancouver has installed “no stopping” signs near the building, and a bus stop has been moved a block south to accommodate the filming.
Rihanna will be checking into the Bates Motel, but she won’t be checking out. In the original Alfred Hitchcock classic, Marion Crane — spoiler warning — was stabbed to death in the shower by Norman Bates.
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