Robin Williams’ Papeye The boss of the film, Barry Diller, revealed the shocking truth on the shooting of the film.
The 82 -year -old media magnate, which was CEO of Paramount Pictures from 1974 to 1984, had a conversation with journalist Anderson Cooper, while promoting his autobiography, Who knewrevealed that there was so much cocaine on the set of Popeye “you could not escape it.”
“The film cans would be returned to the Daily to treat the film. And we discovered that the film cans were in fact used to send cocaine in both directions on the set. Everyone was stoned,” he confessed.
Diller added that the influence of the drug can be apparent in the final scene of the film, saying: “Think of … record speeds. If 33 rpm is the standard speed to play an LP on a Disque turmoil, it is a film that extends at 78 rpm.
It is also relevant to mention that the famous comic strip, Robin Williams, who took his life in 2014 after a long battle against drug addiction and depression, was quite vocal on his difficulties with cocaine dependence during the time Papeye was shot.
