Pearce felt he did not look anything like Errol Flynn but his hair was cut and he wore brown contact lenses.
[7] The film was then largely re-shot with Frank Howson stepping in as director, and some different support actors cast.
No Fijian women would agree to go topless, so South African actress Sandi Schultz was imported to play the role of the chief's daughter.
But, if I’d have released the original version I think it would’ve killed Guy Pearce’s blooming movie career that I was actively designing.
[13]The movie was screened at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival under the title My Forgotten Man, by which time Howson said he had been working on it for 30 months.
[17] Filmink said "the movie has Howson virtues (gorgeous pictures, skilled actors, interesting themes, love of show business) and flaws (scripting).
Pearce takes all his chances and, for what it’s worth, the film is the best of the movies made about young Errol Flynn.