I'm interviewing Jessica Lange this week. She has had an incredible career. First, the debacle that was the disastrous 1976 remake of "King Kong." She'd signed a seven year contract with producer Dino DeLaurentis, but after the movie flopped, he lost interest in her and she didn't work for two years.

She quickly redeemed herself with the torrid remake of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" opposite Jack Nicholson, taking up the roles made famous in the forties by Lana Turner and John Garfield. Lange even opted out of her DeLaurentis contract to get the part she knew would make or break her career. Intelligently, she'd spent those two years studying acting in New York, including Method acting (for my money this form of acting is the best training technique of them all. Everyone should study it, even if acting is the last thing on one's mind.)

Her rave reviews solidified her as an actress to be reckoned with. "She's in it for the work, not the fringe benefits," her friend, the great actress Kim Stanley correctly observed.

After an Oscar nominated performance as the title character in 1982s "Frances," Lange moved on to win a supporting Oscar for 1982s "Tootsie," one of the few times an actress has been nominated for two roles in the same year. It's ironic that she'd win an Oscar for "Tootsie," a role with not nearly the depth of "Frances” nor " The Postman Always Rings Twice."

Since then she has continued to distinguish herself, winning another Oscar for "Blue Skies," a movie which had been put on a studio shelf for three years before being released in 1994. Lange has always kept away from the nonsense of Hollywood, returning to her roots in Northern Minnesota, Virginia or previously in New Mexico.

I'm looking forward to the interview with Ms. Lange, whose new movie is "Bonneville." We'll have the interview on an upcoming episode of REEL TALK and also post the full conversation in the interviews section of REELTALKtv.com.