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Nicole Kidman certainly has a lot on her plate. Her husband Keith Urban is again in rehab and she also needs to promote her upcoming film 'Fur.' The Australian beauty has vowed to stick with her new husband and has already had to cancel one promotional appearance for the film.

Nicole Kidman Sex Scenes 'Intense'

Earlier Fox news columnist Roger Friedman revealed that the film does have Nicole Kidman topless and there is also plenty of full frontal nudity from the other actors.

And now Page Six says the loves scenes between Nic and actor Robert Downey Jr. were so steamy that the room was cleared for filming.

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The NY Post reports that director Steve Shainberg said, "I cleared the room - it was only me, the cinematographer and the two actors," the director told the paper the other night at the '21' party for Alex Kuczynski's book, "Beauty Junkies."

"And sometimes it was just me, with the camera over my shoulder. It's very tough to shoot love scenes, and you really don't get to do a lot of takes."

The Post then brings up that Shainberg knows plenty about steamy scenes - his quirky S&M flick "Secretary" skyrocketed to cult status for its shots of Maggie Gyllenhaal crawling around on her hands and knees with an envelope in her mouth.

Not that the sexuality in "Fur" will be as appetizing. Downey's character suffers from hypertrichosis, which makes his body and his face completely covered with unwanted hair. In one pivotal scene, he asks Kidman to shave him down.

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Roger Friedman believes “Fur” may be Oscar worthy and puts Nicole into the very hotly contested Best Actress race with Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Renee Zellweger, Penelope Cruz, Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren.

--Debra Beste writes from San Diego