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"Richard Harmon has become the latest actor to join Bates Motel. Harmon - known for his role on AMC&amp;#039;s The Killing - will play a high school rival of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) in A&amp;amp;E&amp;#039;s Psycho prequel, TVLine reports.   His character Richard Slymore will take a dislike to Norman when he notices his girlfriend connecting with the troubled young man. In addition to his Killing role, Harmon has appeared in episodes of Fringe and The Secret Circle. He recently starred in the first season of Canadian sci-fi drama Continuum. Vera Farmiga will also appear in Bates Motel as Norman&amp;#039;s mother Norma, starring opposite Lost&amp;#039;s Nestor Carbonell, Pan Am&amp;#039;s Mike Vogel and Once Upon a Time&amp;#039;s Keegan Connor Tracy. The ten-part series - from former Lost producer Carlton Cuse - will premiere on A&amp;amp;E in 2013. &amp;gt; Psycho TV prequel Bates Motel adds Blackout star Olivia Cooke &amp;gt; Psycho TV prequel Bates Motel will be &amp;#039;edgy, provocative&amp;#039; Watch the trailer for Hitchcock below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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