Hollywood's Seedy Underbelly Laid Bare by Ex-Paramount Chief — Including Robin Williams' Coke-Fueled Movie and John Travolta's 'Homophobia'

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“Cocaine that came and went.” In that chaotic setting, one of the most remembered films of the time was filmed during the eighties. The feature film was starred by Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall, and was inspired by an emblematic animated character loved by generations; it was the movie Popeye. “There was cocaine everywhere. You couldn’t escape,” revealed Barry Diller, then CEO of Paramount Pictures. The magnate shared these memories in a rec…