MIKE NICHOLS - NICHOLS BURNS PORTMAN'S NAKED SCENES

Movie-maker MIKE NICHOLS agreed to "burn" scenes of NATALIE PORTMAN in various states of undress, because he didn't want them falling into the wrong hands. The sexy actress played a pole dancer in provocative movie CLOSER and briefly appeared topless, but she reveals there were many saucy scenes which didn't make it into the film. She explains, "I will not allow myself to be on a porn site... I don't want to be used by someone else for turning me into something that I'm not. "(But) I was doing everything because I knew that Mike was going to get my permission about everything and show me everything and talk to me. "He was like, 'That stuff's going to be burned if we don't use it.'"