‘Popeye’ with Robin Williams Was the Most ‘Coked-up Film Set,’ According to Exec Barry Diller

Robin Williams’ film Popeye was the most ‘coked-up film set’, movie executive says

“The film cans were actually being used to ship cocaine back and forth to this set,” a former head of Paramount Pictures said.

Ain’t No Party Like a ‘Popeye’ Cast Party Cause a ‘Popeye’ Cast Party Don’t Stop

Anyone who has actually watched Robert Altman's 1980 film adaptation of Popeye will not be surprised by the allegations that everyone on set was coked up during production. In a recent interview with Anderson Cooper, the former CEO of Paramount... Read more...

‘Popeye’ with Robin Williams was the most ‘coked-up film set,’ according to exec Barry Diller

We are just now learning that the 1980 movie “Popeye” had more going on during filming than has previously been revealed.

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The juicy "Who Knew" reads like a last-of-the-Mohicans memoir for a business no longer defined by the big personalities and singular tastes of its iconoclasts.

Storied film exec reveals ‘most coked-up’ movie set he ever visited

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Comedy legend’s 1980 hit was shot on ‘the most coked-up film set’ ever, studio chief says

Barry Diller’s book tour for his recently published memoir “Who Knew” hit New York City’s 92Y, where moderator Anderson Cooper asked Diller during a Q&A to reveal “the most coked-up film set” he ever visited during his tenure as the CEO of Paramount Pictures.