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Flynn himself had a bit of a "live fast, die young" attitude that befit stars back then as ill as it does today, and eventually led to him getting fewer and fewer roles as he became less and less reliable and handsome and more and more a drunkard. He lived life to the extreme, as is evidenced by his statutory rape trial in 1942, which led to the coinage of the expression "In like Flynn". Among his other passions were boating, fighting, and drinking. (When told that he could not bring alcohol to the movie set any longer he started to eat lots and lots of oranges... that he had previously injected with vodka.) He died at the age of fifty, after he had finally gotten a few roles (such as in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and Too Much, Too Soon, a Biopic of Flynn's friend, John Barrymor

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  • Flynn himself had a bit of a "live fast, die young" attitude that befit stars back then as ill as it does today, and eventually led to him getting fewer and fewer roles as he became less and less reliable and handsome and more and more a drunkard. He lived life to the extreme, as is evidenced by his statutory rape trial in 1942, which led to the coinage of the expression "In like Flynn". Among his other passions were boating, fighting, and drinking. (When told that he could not bring alcohol to the movie set any longer he started to eat lots and lots of oranges... that he had previously injected with vodka.) He died at the age of fifty, after he had finally gotten a few roles (such as in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and Too Much, Too Soon, a Biopic of Flynn's friend, John Barrymor
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  • Flynn himself had a bit of a "live fast, die young" attitude that befit stars back then as ill as it does today, and eventually led to him getting fewer and fewer roles as he became less and less reliable and handsome and more and more a drunkard. He lived life to the extreme, as is evidenced by his statutory rape trial in 1942, which led to the coinage of the expression "In like Flynn". Among his other passions were boating, fighting, and drinking. (When told that he could not bring alcohol to the movie set any longer he started to eat lots and lots of oranges... that he had previously injected with vodka.) He died at the age of fifty, after he had finally gotten a few roles (such as in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and Too Much, Too Soon, a Biopic of Flynn's friend, John Barrymore) that showed that he could indeed act in serious roles as opposed to merely swashbuckling. Among films set in classic periods of adventure, such as those of the Caribbean pirates of the 17th century or Robin Hood, with high romantic flavor and swashbuckling action played straight, Errol Flynn's films, such as Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and The Sea Hawk, set the gold standard. Also the Trope Namer for Flynning.
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