Movies : Whatever

SHAWN HATOSY / ACTOR

It’s one thing to be in a Farrelly brothers movie. It’s another to play a role based on the brothers’ own youth. That’s Shawn Hatosy’s task in “Outside Providence,” the adaptation of Peter Farrelly’s autobiographical novel. Coming up, Hatosy, 23, is with Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon in Wayne Wang’s “Anywhere but Here” and Nick Nolte and Sharon Stone in “Simpatico.”

SOMETHING ABOUT THEM: “This is a tough movie to market. I’m a little nervous. How do you market a Farrelly brothers movie when it’s not very much like ‘There’s Something About Mary’? Hopefully people will see it because of [“Mary”], but be pleasantly surprised that it’s a sweet, touching movie.”

LIVING IN THE PAST: “This takes place in ‘75, a year before I was born, but I’m such a big fan of movies and music of that time--in high school I was watching ‘Taxi Driver’ and all those. It was such an important time for film. There was no limit to what these people could do.”

COVETOUS: “There’s this script that Nick Cassavetes is directing called ‘Going After Cacciato.’ It’s a wonderful Vietnam movie, a lot of humor, but at the same time tragic, based on a novel by Tim O’Brien. That’s one I’m rallying for a part in, but I’m sure everyone else in this town is too.”

TRENDSPOTTING: “After ‘Scream’ came out, it was the horror rage for scripts sent to young actors, and I was part of that. I did ‘The Faculty.’ Now it’s ‘American Pie’ and it will be the same damn thing.

UNDERDOG: “The bigger studios are so reluctant to cast me. I don’t have that clout or name, and I end up running into the same competition over and over. Only studio that’s been good to me is Miramax--done three movies for them. They are making great films, but they’re willing to take that risk.”

HOLLYWOOD DREAM: “I’m in ‘Down to You,’ with first-time director Kris Isacsson. He literally worked at Miramax as an assistant seven months ago. He’d written and directed a short that Harvey [Weinstein, Miramax co-chairman] saw. He’d written a feature script, and Harvey read it and let him direct it. A wonderful script.”

NICK OF TIME: “In ‘Simpatico’ I play the younger version of Nick Nolte’s character. I didn’t see it when they cast me. But he’s incredible. First rehearsal, he came in with a manuscript he typed himself and says, ‘This is my character.’ It was great, gave me insight into what I was playing.”