Helen Mirren 'happy to pose nude'

Dame Helen Mirren has reportedly said that she is pleased to pose in the nude.

The 64-year-old actress denied claims that she is too old to pose naked and explained that she is not trying to be sexy.

Mirren explained to New York Magazine: "I like the photos because I thought they were naked in the proper sense of the word naked. I've got very little make-up on. There's no elaborate lighting. He just used a flash. And it's simple and it's real. I think that was the intention of the photographs."

It has been suggested that some people have taken offence to females of a certain age baring all. However, Mirren responded: "Too bad."

She continued: "They weren't intended remotely to be sexy, I think sex and nudity are really two different things, you see, but then I'm a bit weird like that. Sometimes nudity is sexy. Sometimes it's not.

"Sometimes being clothed is more sexy than being nude. I think people tend to get the two mixed up."