He'd done The Long, Hot Summer, Hud, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Great White Hope, and Sounder, among others, and he was calling to offer her the role of Norma Rae.

他拍过《漫长的炎夏》，《原野铁汉》，《柏林谍影》，《白色的希望》，《寂静无声》等等，他打电话给她，想让她扮演诺玛·雷伊这个角色。