In recent weeks, two Hollywood studios have been engaged in a tooth-and-claw race to bring reality TV to the big screen — a contest made all the more fraught by the fact that both projects involve the same plot: excitable spring breakers whooping it up in Mexico. Unfortunately for Universal, its Spring Break: The Movie (produced by the people who brought us The Bachelor) has been scooped by New Line’s The Real Cancun (from the makers of The Real World), which hits theaters on April 25. The Real Cancun also bears the distinction of having four Boston-area students among its cast members. One of them — Brittany, a 19-year-old BU biochemistry major with a penchant for thong bikinis — even made it onto posters for the film. Brittany spoke with the Phoenix via cell phone from Newbury Street.

Q: How would you sum up your spring-break experience?

A: It was amazing, a once-in-a lifetime opportunity. To try to sum it up would be to make it seem underestimated — there was so much that went on, nonstop party action, some of the coolest people you’ll meet in your lifetime. It was great.

Q: Was there much boob-flashing and vomiting?

A: I didn’t see too many people vomit. I personally didn’t drink enough to vomit. I won the wet T-shirt contest at our pool party — so there was a lot of flashing on my part, and I wore a thong the whole time. But I think we were pretty tame — we didn’t look that bad compared to some random strangers. I saw two girls going down on each other at a wet T-shirt contest, in front of 2000 people.

Q: Sounds like you had fun.

A: My God! Oh my God! Oh yeah. Yeah.

Q: Have you seen the film?

A: No, I haven’t.

Q: I imagine people will go hoping to see a bit more than they would on MTV. Do you think it’s going to be racy?

A: I do — the kind of perverted dancing we were doing. I guarantee you it’s going to be racy — if not I’d be completely surprised. Why would someone see a spring-break movie if it’s not about raciness?

Q: How many times during the filming did you look at the camera and go, " Woo-hoo! " ?

A: We weren’t really allowed to look at the camera, so no one tried to do that. People in the background did, but we didn’t.

Q: Were there many rules?

A: Not really. You need to have your mike on the whole time, and they were really concerned for our safety, which is a good thing. But they gave us a lot of leniency; they didn’t tell us to act a certain way.

Q: Did the camera follow you around 24 hours a day?

A: We went to bed with cameras and woke up with cameras. The bathroom was pretty much the only place they didn’t follow. They filmed everything except you taking a shit.

Q: I take it you won’t be inviting your parents to see this film.

A: I gave them a rule: I have to see the film before them, so I can tell them whether or not they’ll have a heart attack. They’re not too thrilled, but you know what? I wasn’t going to pass up that moment.

Q: What do you want to do when you graduate?

A: I want to be a neurosurgeon.

Q: Would you consider giving that up for a career in show biz?

A: No! I see myself doing nothing but cutting people open and fixing them. This was just one more thing to add to the list of things I’ll do before I die.