▁Curt in ▁and ▁Susan ▁Saint ▁James , ▁but ▁it ▁received ▁mostly ▁negative ▁reviews ▁and ▁quickly ▁disappeared ▁from ▁the aters . ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁she ▁was ▁contact ed ▁by ▁director ▁Bob ▁Raf el son ▁regarding ▁a ▁project ▁on ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁working ▁with ▁Jack ▁Nich ol son , ▁who ▁had ▁recently ▁aud ition ed ▁L ange ▁for ▁Go in ' ▁South ▁( 1 9 7 8 ). ▁Raf el son ▁paid ▁L ange ▁a ▁visit ▁in ▁up state ▁New ▁York , ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁doing ▁summer ▁stock ▁the ater , ▁and ▁has ▁fam ously ▁rec ount ed ▁how ▁he ▁watched ▁the ▁bud ding ▁actress ▁convers ing ▁on ▁the ▁tele phone ▁for ▁half ▁an ▁hour ▁before ▁their ▁meeting ▁when ▁he ▁decided ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁found ▁the ▁lead ▁for ▁his ▁film . ▁After ▁his ▁meeting ▁with ▁L ange , ▁he ▁wrote ▁her ▁name ▁down ▁on ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁paper , ▁placed ▁it ▁in ▁an ▁en velope , ▁and ▁se aled ▁it . ▁After ▁several ▁meet ings ▁and ▁aud itions ▁with ▁other ▁actress es ▁( though ▁Raf el son ▁had ▁already ▁made ▁his ▁decision , ▁he ▁fe ared ▁he ▁had ▁done ▁so ▁too ▁quickly ▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁make ▁sure ▁his ▁choice ▁was ▁absolutely ▁right ), ▁the ▁final ▁choice ▁was ▁between ▁L ange ▁and ▁M ery l ▁St ree p . ▁In ▁the ▁end , ▁Raf el son ▁offered ▁L ange ▁the ▁lead ▁role ▁opposite ▁Nich ol son ▁in ▁his ▁re make ▁of ▁the ▁classic ▁film ▁no ir , ▁The ▁Post man ▁Always ▁R ings ▁Tw ice