Mirren's Nude Regret

British actress DAME Helen Mirren regrets stripping off for nude movie scenes, insisting it has saddled her with an undeservedly racy reputation. The CALENDAR GIRLS star is embarrassed by her raunchy filmography and maintains she only ever stripped to avoid appearing uptight. And she confesses that she was never comfortable with the nudity, despite claiming in 2004 that appearing nude was "so easy - like drinking a glass of orange on set". She says, "I might seem uninhibited but believe me, I'm not. I've always had a problem doing nudity. In fact, I hated it. It has never been a comfortable thing. I've never enjoyed it. It's always mortifying. "I've never thought it necessary, ever. But I always felt it was something I should get over. I did those scenes because I didn't want to be uptight. Now I have got stuck in a way with a reputation for doing nude scenes."