Brosnan's bare body 'a distraction'

Pierce Brosnan's nude scene in new movie Seraphim Falls was cut because "it was too much of a distraction".

The 53-year-old actor had no problem baring all for the cameras, but the scene didn't make the movie's final cut because directors feared his toned physique would detract from the plot.

He explains: "There was one scene that they shot where I was completely naked, but we cut that out. It was too much of a distraction.

"They had the fur coat around me and they took it away and it was just him huddled by the fire in this kind of Rodin-esque frame. It didn't really work in the film."

Brosnan's bare body recently caused a stir when he paraded in skimpy underpants around a swimming pool for The Matador.