pop or rock stars playing gods, deities, religious or historic figures in films

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Let's list!!!

1. Sinead O'Connor as the Virgin Mary in "The Butcher Boy."
2. Alanis Morissette as God in "Dogma."
3. David Bowie as Pontius Pilot in "The Lasst Temptation of Christ."
4. David Bowie as the Goblin King in "Labyrinth."

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 26 August 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

HELLO CLAPTON IN TOMMY DUH.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 18:53 (twenty years ago)

the singer from the Call (and a Lurie) as disciples in "The Last Temptation of Christ"

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

Clarence Clemons in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure:

"Be excellent to each other."

― PB, Friday, 26 August 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

Rick Wakeman as a sort of Frankenstein's Monster/Thor in Lisztomania

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

Bowie as Warhol in Basquiat.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

Jane Wiedlin in "Bill and Ted" as well, playing Joan of Arc.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 26 August 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

HELLO DALTREY IN TOMMY DUH

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 26 August 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

will smith as muhammad ali

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Friday, 26 August 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Sly Stone as Sly Stone in Woodstock.

Does Shaq as a genie count as a deity?

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 27 August 2005 04:12 (twenty years ago)

Not a film, but Marianne Faithfull played God on "Absolutly Fabulous"

And Pj Harvey played a Mary Magdalene type character in "The Book of Life"

― Johann (johann), Saturday, 27 August 2005 05:30 (twenty years ago)

Phil Collins as Buster Edwards in Buster.

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Saturday, 27 August 2005 06:49 (twenty years ago)

Jimmy Somerville as some kind of angel in Orlando (also featuring Quentin Crisp as the old Queen Elizabeth I).

― OleM (OleM), Saturday, 27 August 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

Dylan as Alias/Ariel, Kristofferson Kaliban approximately, in Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid

― don, Sunday, 28 August 2005 00:57 (twenty years ago)

George Burns as God (he charted #49 with "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" in 1980), John Denver as His ambassador in same.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 28 August 2005 05:26 (twenty years ago)

Well, if George Burns counts, then so does Richard Harris, for numerous roles.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Sunday, 28 August 2005 12:51 (twenty years ago)

See the Czech pseudo-documentary Year of the Devil. All the musicians (including the singer from Killing Joke, can't remember his name) appear as themselves, but there is something eerie going on with them...

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 28 August 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

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