You're In My Heart: The Final Acclaim

Apologies to Rod Stewart.

If you could come back as a character from a movie in your next life, who would you be? It's a tough one. There are so many to choose from, but which one would be the one closest to your heart? For me, there are several: Mr Darcy, Palmer Joss, Francesca Johnson, Sugar Kane, Neo, Ennis Del Mar, Lassie, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, to name only a few. But there's really no contest. I would return as...

The Tin Man. What a marvellous life he would lead. No heart to disrupt the steady flow of life, and no heart to beat quietly in the "the dark room." Lord only knows why he was so determined to gain one.

"And there it was, this human heart, you know? This human heart. You think about it beating and all, but it's more of a dance. And I couldn't get over that that's all that tethers us to this planet - this one fragile muscle. And how it's so tiny, really, in the big scheme of things. And when you think about all the things that can stop it... Well you just figure that there's got to be something else, something miraculous that keeps that valiant little muscle dancing." From Latter Days.