Natalie Portman has hit out at critics for focusing on her nude scene in last year’s movie Hotel Chevalier.

The actress, who appeared in the short preceding Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited, feels odd about having stripped off because her nude images ended up appearing on pornographic websites.

She says: "It's not that I regret the film, but it really depressed me that half of every review on the film was about the nudity. It made me think I shouldn't have done it.”

The Garden State star admits that it shouldn’t have been made into a big deal because it was for artistic purposes.

"I'm not prudish about nudity. I think it's beautiful in films, and sex is such a big part of life.

“My issue is that I feel it takes something away from what you're doing when the focus is put on the wrong thing. My picture ended up on porn sites, and that's the dilemma."