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"Michael Vartan has joined the cast of Bates Motel. The Alias star will play a recurring role in the second season of A&amp;amp;E&amp;#039;s Psycho prequel, TVLine reports.  Vartan&amp;#039;s character George will be a new love interest for Norma, played by Vera Farmiga - who recently received an Emmy nomination for her Bates Motel role. Best known for playing Michael Vaughn on Alias between 2001 and 2006, 44-year-old Vartan more recently appeared opposite Jada Pinkett Smith in TNT&amp;#039;s now-axed medical drama Hawthorne.  Bates Motel - which also stars Freddie Highmore as young Norman Bates - will begin shooting its second run this week for a 2014 broadcast.  The show&amp;#039;s first season will  air on Universal in the UK later this year. &amp;gt; Bates Motel renewed for second season by A&amp;amp;E Watch a trailer for Bates Motel below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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