Carey Mulligan Shame nude scene was a breeze

Carey Mulligan has spoken about how easy she felt it was to strip for the cameras in her role as a promiscuous young woman, open with her body and emotions.

Shame features Carey as the sister of Michael Fassbender’s Brandon, battling sex addiction in New York and how is life unravels when she lands in his doorstep.

The film shows her fully naked for one scene in a shower, but Carey said it was surprisingly easy to do.

Carey, 26, said: “I wasn’t uncomfortable being naked.

“For other roles, it may be inappropriate, but for this, I felt like it was right for the part.

“It was a very small set and a very small crew, so it didn’t feel like I was doing it in front of that many people.

“And Michael is so engaging when you act with him … I felt like I was just in the room with him.”

Carey said that having to sing a rendition of ‘New York, New York’ in the Steve McQueen-directed film was more nerve wracking.

She added: “That was actually more nerve-racking than the nudity. That was scary, we did about 15 takes because Steve wanted it live.”