Errol Flynn to Marelle. Flynn described his mother's family as ""seafaring folk"" and this appears to be where his lifelong interest in boats and the sea originated. Both of his parents were Australian-born of Irish, English, and Scottish descent. Despite Flynn's claims, the evidence indicates that he was not descended from any of the Bounty mutineers. Flynn received his early schooling in Hobart. He made one of his first appearances as a performer in 1918, aged nine, when he served as a page boy to Enid Lyons in a queen carnival. In her memoirs, Lyons recalled Flynn as "a dashing figure –
Flynn Rider underachiever who needs a better outlet for his leadership abilities". According to Tison Pugh, author of" The Disney Middle Ages: A Fairy-Tale and Fantasy Past", Flynn "amalgamates the comedy-action hero with the swashbuckling romantic sensations of Errol Flynn, layering them over a fairy-tale hero attributed with comedic lines that undermine the romantic nostalgia of the film's setting", while serving as a source of comic relief at times. Steve Persall of the "Tampa Bay Times "believes that Flynn carries "most of the [film's] modern humor". Likewise, Jennie Punter of "The Globe and Mail "described Flynn as the film's "main source of