United Kingdom, May 26 -- 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.

The 82-year-old media mogul, who served as CEO of Paramount Pictures from 1974 to 1984, made the comments during an on-stage conversation with journalist Anderson Cooper at the 92nd Street Y in New York while promoting his new autobiography 'Who Knew', saying there was so much cocaine on the set of 'Popeye' "you couldn't esca...