He was also an expert manipulator, given according to Dylan, he could fake being a loving father/husband around others, which caused people to actually mourn his death. He appears as the abusive husband of Norma Bates and father to her son Norman Bates, and ends up dying at the hands of the latter. In January 2017, Austin Nichols was cast in the role of Sam Loomis, a prominent role in both the source material and the film adaptation. We had her for two episodes, and we had both directors there, and we’d splinter off and do scenes from one episode with a director, then do scenes from another episode with the other director. At the same time, there’s blood being thrown at us.Our first scene together was in bed. Sam Bates met Norma Calhoun when the latter cheated on her then husband, John Masset. Samuel "Sam" Bates is a villain in the TV series Bates Motel - the contemporary adaption of Robert Bloch's Psycho, and it's film adaption by Alfred Hitchcock. Bates Motel (TV Series 2013–2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It is revealed in the later seasons that Norma did try to leave with Norman when he was 7, but couldn't find Dylan because he wasn't home, so they kept driving around the neighborhood trying to find him.
Norman Bates is a fictional character created by American author Robert Bloch as the main antagonist in his 1959 thriller novel Psycho.He was portrayed by Anthony Perkins in the 1960 version of Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock and the Psycho franchise.He was also portrayed by Vince Vaughn in the 1998 version of Psycho, and by Freddie Highmore in the television series Bates Motel (2013–2017). In the next room Norman overhears the commotion, and begins to blank out. With Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke.
After they got in the driveway, an enraged and drunk Sam threatened to kill all of them at once, including himself. It was definitely strange for a couple of reasons. He was the boyfriend of Marion Crane and later the husband of her sister, Lila, with whom he had a daughter, Mary Loomis . Sam Loomis (Austin Nichols) takes a fateful shower in Bates Motel What was in your mind during the scene when Norman was maniacally stabbing Sam? John Gavin. If you are 18 years or older or are comfortable with graphic material, you are free to view this page. Sam could be considered the true main villain of the series given it was his abusive nature that lead to Norman's mental illness. Rihanna as Marion Crane, and Austin Nichols as Sam Loomis, in A&E's Wow! Actor.
Although despite his ruthless behavior and constant abuse of his family, Sam did seem to love Norman to some degree-given one time when he passed out on the kitchen table drunk, he woke up while a young Norman was getting a glass of water and gave him a hug, apologizing to him and telling him he loved him. Norman later awakens and discovers his father dead, much to his distress.
Norma begged forgiveness, so Sam took her into their room where he raped her through anal sex on the bed, with Norman hiding underneath and holding his mother's hand as the rape continued.
Her other son Dylan (and Norman's half-brother) initially believes Norma is responsible for the killing, but she reveals that Norman committed the crime, but knew that he was not aware due to going through a trance-thus revealing this as being the reason Norma decided to keep Norman close to her and keep an eye on him. So we had sort of a rehearsal day which was really helpful. Sam Loomis was the divorced owner of Sam Loomis Hardware in Fairvale. He seemed to get drunk and attack them on a regular basis to the point where Norma would take Norman and hide in the closet, telling her young boy that they were playing hide and seek from their father. Austin Nichols sure has been involved in some epic TV send-offs this season.As fans now know following Monday's episode, Marion, played on TV Insider talked to Nichols about his experience onSam Loomis (Austin Nichols) takes a fateful shower in What’s also weird, is when Freddie’s stabbing me, the camera is really tight on our faces.