“Fried Green Tomatoes” was the encouragement Searcy ... pretentious “international film and television star Nick Searcy” two years ago in “He Carried Yellow Flowers,” a comedic ad ...

“I’m Nick Searcy,” he tells viewers ... and hit pay dirt as the villainous Frank Bennett in 1991’s “Fried Green Tomatoes.” “Fried Green Tomatoes” was the encouragement Searcy ...