According to varietys review of the only public screening of gods behaving badly 2013 at the 10th rome international film festival 2013 actress phylicia rashad who was announced as the character demeter and actress kathleen turner whose name still appeared in the credits as styx both were not in the final version anymore since that . Gods behaving badly is a diverting little romp for those who love mythology and legend however while enjoyable and i did laugh out loud a few times eros is a born again christian how great is that the novelty of the inventive premise wears a little thin halfway through the book and culminates in a less than climactic ending. Gods behaving badly is a novel by the british author marie phillips it was first published by jonathan cape in 2007 set in london it tells the tale of the twelve gods of mount olympus living in a rundown flat as their powers wane. Gods behaving badly a novel marie phillips on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers being a greek god is not all it once was yes the twelve gods of olympus are alive and well in the twenty first century. Gods behaving badly takes that basic concept pagan gods of old forced to live and take jobs among us mortals but puts a four weddings and a funeral kind of spin on it this is a character centered romantic comedy and its very good at what it does