I'd met Shelley Duval in Houston in 1971 when she had her first acting role in Brewster McCloud, a film by Robert Altman.
Jules Feiffer had written a script, called Popeye.
Paul Dooley said. "Bob wants Robin Williams for Popeye. He should get Shelley for Olive Oyl."
"She was born to play her." She was.