AS medical miracle worker Dr. Shaun Murphy, Freddie Highmore perfectly balances heavyweight drama and over-the-top sentimentality in ABC’s latest hit, The Good Doctor. But for Freddie, 25, the trailblazing role of a surgeon on the autism spectrum is something of a relief. He’s just finished playing madman Norman Bates on A&E’s Psycho prequel Bates Motel, and finally gets to save lives on-screen — instead of taking them. Here are ten things you don’t know about London-born Freddie.
1 His first film, 1999’s Women Talking Dirty, also featured Helen Bonham Carter — who’s played his on-screen mom three times!
2 His real-life mother, Sue Latimer, is a talent agent, who also represents Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe.
3 Freddie’s father, actor Edward Highmore, played his dad in 2001’s Jack and the Beanstalk:…
