SOMETHING ABOUT MARY

Vanities

Name: Mary McCormack. Age: 29. Paid her Hollywood dues in: Howard Stern's Private Parts (as Stem's ultra-tolerant wife), and Deep Impact, with Robert Duvall. Now breaking into the big time with:Mystery, Alaska. David E. Kelley's hockey film co-starring Russell Crowe, Clint Eastwood's True Crime, and Kevin Allen's The Big TeaseTell us how Robert Mitchum gave you the courage to persevere: ''My first line on-camera was with Mitchum, in a film called Backfire! I was so nervous 1 actually said to him, 'Be gentle, it's my first time.' He laughed and said, 'It gets better than this, kid.'" You've had good luck with leading men— Mitchum, Duvall, and now Russell Crowe and Clint Eastwood: Russell is great. He's unbelievably talented. I only shot one scene with Clint, but I got to make out with him. He's 68 and completely sexy. It's a man's world, becalse when I'm 68, there's not going to be a 29-year-old actor saying, "And then I got to make out with Mary McCormack!"'