The first movie of Robin Williams was ruined by a box office disaster | Movies

The movie acquired a blended reception after its launch however was, by and huge, deemed a box office failure, an virtually industry-shaking flop. This was regardless of the movie grossing almost $60million towards a finances of $20m. However, the movie was so badly acquired on the time that it successfully put a maintain on director Robert Altman’s profession in Hollywood for a whereas as he fled to Paris to work within the confinement of low-budget stage play variations after the movie’s debacle.

The poor reception additionally threatened to derail Robin Williams’ profession, however in hindsight, it confirmed all the pieces Williams was about—his undiluted performing brilliance and unmatched comedic wit. Together together with his co-star Shelley Duvall, who was solid as Olive Oyl, the pair labored with chemistry and complemented one another to carry the favored cartoon to life.

By the time Popeye reached the top of filming, the movie’s funding had been lower, and Williams cheerfully recounted deciding how the movie would finish with Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl caught within the water being attacked by an octopus. Recounting the top of the movie, Williams acknowledged, “Robert Evans, who was coked out of his tits at the time, said, ‘How are we gonna end the movie? I don’t know how we’re gonna end the movie…’ I joked, ‘Well, I could walk on the water like Jesus.’ And he went, ‘Yes! Let’s do it!’ And that ended up being the end of the movie… It was a perfect storm of addiction and alcoholism and craziness, but I wouldn’t trade the experience.” 

Of course, Williams’ profession would take off into hyperspace orbiting the surreal heights and worlds of characters he breathed into life since then, from Good Will Hunting and Jumanji to Bicentennial Man, Mrs Doubtfire and others however contemplating his profession began with the upheaval and uncertainty of Popeye, all of it virtually didn’t occur.

There’s additionally the most recent reboot of the movie starring Will Smith, however the authentic movie would, nonetheless, delight youthful audiences within the years since its launch on digital codecs, making it an important traditional youngsters’s movie. Meanwhile, Williams’ rendition of the muscular spinach-loving sailor would go on to enchant generations of kids for years to come back regardless of virtually ending his profession earlier than it began.

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