New York, Sept 21 Actress Charlize Theron had to shoot for a nude scene in her upcoming movie at dawn to avoid the hounding paparazzi.

In the scene from her new movie 'The Burning Plain', the actress is seen completely naked while smoking a cigarette through an open window in full view of passers-by.

"We had to shoot the scene at 6 a.m. before any of the photographers were up," the New York Post quoted Director Guillermo Arriaga as saying.

"It was done in such secrecy that it wasn't even in the script.

"Only three people, including myself, knew it was going to happen," Arriaga added. (ANI)