The scenes between the two of them were hilarious. He usually had to beg and plead Flynn to get through a scene! Also, Barbara Hershey as Lili Damita, Flynn's on again, off again, on again, off again wife. Michael Curtiz directed Flynn in a bunch of films, and was NOT a fan of Errol Flynn. The highlights along the way are some of the Flynn/Curtiz tiffs on set. We get the feeling that he could have been anything he wanted to. Many of the people who worked with him commented that 'No matter what he did, you could never stay mad at him for long.' He'd tell a quick story, or smile that devilish smile, and everyone would forget that he was three hours late for shooting that day. And of course, the ladies loved him! Everything else aside, I think what attracted everyone to him was not so much his looks, but his charm. He was a man who lived for the moment, and a man who simply ignored any consequences to his own actions. Duncan Regehr captures Flynn's personality pretty well. He is simply one of the thousands of contract players that Warner Brothers has on the payroll, and waits, like most of the rest, for bit parts, and walk on roles. The movie starts from Flynn's arrival in hollywood in the early thirties.

It's prettied up, but at least it gives you sort of an idea of what Hollywood was like back in the 'Golden Years' of the 30's and 40's. As for the movie adaption of My Wicked Wicked Ways, all I can say was, it's OK. After reading the book 'My Wicked Wicked Ways' (on which this movie is based) and a few other repitable biographies, I won't be the one to argue with that. I have heard it said many times that Errol Flynn's real life escapades far outweighed any that could be conjured up for him on the big screen.

But make no mistake in Hollywood, Errol Flynn was, and still is, a legend. Now, I call it a legend, because if you were to print this man's life story today, I'm sure no one would believe it. A few months back, I (like many others before me I'm sure) discovered the 'legend' of Errol Flynn.

My wicked wicked ways