Anne Hathaway: `Nude scenes were loving and open`

The actress stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in the upcoming comedy-drama which tells the tale of a Viagra salesman who falls for a woman with a dark secret.

And with nudity a heavy feature of the film, the 27-year-old said that rather than being seedy, the experience was 'loving and open'.

Talking to MTV News she explained, 'I don't think there's anything wrong with nudity in film, and I would hope that any actor that is asked to reveal that part of them has as loving and open experience as we had.'

Ultimately she and her co-star decided to put themselves in the hands of director Ed Zwick because they trusted him not to be exploitative.

'Jake and I talked about it and we talked with Ed about it and we said, 'you know, we're gonna do what we feel comfortable. Let's talk about why we feel this is important. Let's talk about the story we hope to tell through these scenes,'' she said.