 After his meeting with Lange, he wrote her name down on a piece of paper, placed it in an envelope, and sealed it.After several meetings and auditions with other actresses (though Rafelson had already made his decision, he feared he had done so too quickly and wanted to make sure his choice was absolutely right), the final choice was between Lange and Meryl Streep.In the end, Rafelson offered Lange the lead role opposite Nicholson in his remake of the classic "film noir", "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1981).