 Beverly DAngelo (qv) auditioned for the role of Jakes wife,  Vicki LaMotta (qv). She also auditioned for the role of  Patsy Cline (qv) in _Coal Miners Daughter (1980)_ (qv) at around  the same time. Martin Scorsese (qv) chose Cathy Moriarty (qv)  (whom the producers saw before DAngelo), freeing DAngelo to appear  in "Coal Miners Daughter".