Converting 24p to 60i

I have a project shot in 60i, and unfortunately there's one piece of footage that was shot in 24p (normal). I need to intercut the 24p with 60i, and I'm trying to find a way to convert it so that it looks at least somewhat similar- I understand it won't be perfect. It's not an issue of matching timelines for editing, and I know that I can convert the interlaced to progressive. But is there any way to use either compressor or fcp to make the progressive footage look more interlaced? Unfortunately, I'm pretty much a rookie with compressor- with fcp I'm fine. Thanks in advance...

So is the pulldown stripped from the 24p material? That is, is that footage now 23.98? Or is it still 29.97?
If it's the last one, you're saying that intercutting between that 29.97 footage (telecined-by-the-camera 24p) and your normal 30i material doesn't feel right?
If your 24p material is reverse telecined already (it's 23.98), you could try to Retime with Compressor 2 or later (drop-in your movie, chose the appropriate Advanced Format Conversion preset, set Retiming to Better, and wait. Forever). That will create new frames to give you 29.97 material.

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