Bosses of Kidman's movie defend scene

Bosses of Nicole Kidman's latest movie Birth are defending the decision to include the actress in a bathtub scene with a 10-year-old boy.

In the movie, the Oscar-winning actress' dead husband is reincarnated as a child, played by Canadian actor Cemeron Bright and it has elicited much outrage after it was revealed Kidman and her young co-star share a bathtub in one scene.

But New Line Cinema's Mark Ordesky insists there's nothing in the movie to cause alarm.

He says: "There is no physical contact between Nicole and Cameron. They are not nude in the bathtub. The scene was shot over Nicole's shoulder.

"(Cameron) is playing a grown man trapped in the body of a 10-year-old. When you see the performances in the context of the plot, it makes perfect sense. It is meant to be a provocative film, but not in a horrible or salacious way."

Bright, who played Rebecca Romijn-Stamos' son in the movie Godsend, notes: "In one movie I did, I had an abusive father, and in another I had a father who was a paedophile. I've had a lot of really dark roles."

Lauren Bacall also appears in the movie as Kidman's mother.