Portrayals of God in popular media was Irvine Welsh's "The Granton Star Cause", which portrayed God as drunken and abusive. Ironically, the campaign backfired, only serving the advertise the film more widely. The role of God is a difficult one to play, and also a difficult one to cast. The casting of Alanis Morissette as God in "Dogma" was influenced by the singer's own public dialogue with her faith, as expressed in her songs. The casting of African American Morgan Freeman as God in "Bruce Almighty" took the movie stereotype of a "black angel" to a new level. On the subject of playing the role, Ella
The Jealous God (film) chains across the country and broke box office records in north England (beaten in takings in some movie houses only by "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" for the whole year) but received some snobbish anti-Catholic reviews in the British national press. However it was the film of the week in the British mass newspaper "The Daily Mirror" – not surprisingly as this is the popular "tabloid" audience the film seems tailored for. The Jealous God (film) The Jealous God (2005) is a 1960s set feature film by British writer-director Steven Woodcock. It is based on the novel by John Braine.