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
Playing God (1997 film) merely filling a space. In an interview with the New York Times dated 9th April 2000 David Duchovny himself, while talking about production difficulties, stated that “‘Playing God' was a mistake only because we didn't have a script ready... I should have just bailed out, but I didn't know,” he says. [url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/09/movies/film-david-duchovny-with-facial-expressions.html] The song "Spybreak!" by Propellerheads was used in this film two years before its Stardom debut as the Main Song of the cult movie "The Matrix" (1999) Playing God (1997 film) Playing God is a 1997 American thriller crime drama film directed by Andy Wilson and written by