This Is the Next Norman Bates: A&E’s Psycho Prequel Casts Its Creepy Lead (PHOTOS)

Anthony Perkins played Norman Bates to terrifying perfection in the 1960s Alfred Hitchcock classic, so it’s no surprise A&E took its time casting a young version of the homicidal character for its upcoming Psycho prequel, Bates Motel.

Click through to see a young, not-so-innocent Norman Bates.

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