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Robin Williams’ ‘Popeye’ movie ‘made while the set was snowed in cocaine’

Robin Williams’ ‘Popeye’ film was made while the set was snowed in cocaine

Robin Williams’ ‘Popeye’ film was made while the set was snowed in cocaine.

The troubled comic, who took his life in August 2014 aged 63 after well-documented battles with drugs, alcohol and depression, starred as the spinach-gobbling sailor in the 1980 Robert Altman movie – and former movie boss Barry Diller has now spoken about the extent of substance abuse that went on behind the scenes.

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