Kidman defends nude scenes with boy in new film

NICOLE KIDMAN yesterday denied a nude scene she shared with a 10-year-old boy in her latest film, Birth, had paedophile overtones.

The film was booed by the media at the Venice Film Festival. But the Oscar-winning actress turned on her critics yesterday when she appeared in Normandy at the Deauville Festival of American Cinema.

The flak was around her scenes in Birth with a boy played by Cameron Bright who, at one point, shares a naked bathing interlude with her and also is involved in discussions of a sexual nature.