Kristin Chenoweth Philippines

Last week in Canada, Kristin Chenoweth was a god.

Chenoweth is part of the cast of “American Gods,” the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s award-winning fantasy novel that will be shown on the Starz cable network next year.

On Saturday, she finished filming her role as Easter, one of the deities of ancient myth who have taken up residence on Earth in human form, and find themselves pitted against a phalanx of “modern deities,” such as technology, money and media.

“In a way, it’s a bit like ‘Game of Thrones,’ in that there are many worlds going on at the same time,” Chenoweth said in a recent telephone conversation. “And it has a huge cast of amazing actors — Ian McShane, Cloris Leachman, Gillian Anderson, Ricky Whittle, so many great people.”

The show’s executive producer, Bryan Fuller, also created the TV series “Pushing Daisies,” for which Chenoweth earned an Emmy Award for her performance.

“Bryan had been talking with me about this project for about a year,” Chenoweth said. “I read the book and fell in love with it. But then he said he wanted me to play Easter. In the book, Easter is kind of a slight character, and I wondered what sort of a part it would be.

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