Margot Robbie: Steamy scenes aren't sexy

Margot Robbie gets embarrassed when a crew member sees her naked just after they've been discussing "his daughter's violin recital".

The 24-year-old actress played Leonardo DiCaprio's character's love interest in 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street, which required them to shoot several risqué scenes. She's previously insisted they were the "least romantic thing" because so many people were watching; something she maintains takes a lot of getting used to.

"You sit there and feel, 'Ooh, this is so scary,' but you are not thinking of the millions of people who might see you naked, you are thinking about the crew," she told Radio Times magazine.

"You have just talked to a bloke about his daughter's violin recital and now he's going to see you naked. The bigger deal you make of it, though, the more intimidating it becomes so you just get on with it."

Like any woman Margot likes to look her best, but she claims it's thinking about the characters she plays which makes her consider her exercise routine. In her latest flick Focus she stars as Jess, who is taught to be a grifter by Will Smith's character Nicky. This time around the actress didn't feel losing weight was the way to prep for the shoot.

"I think the most important thing is to look at the way your character should look. In Focus I'm playing a 20-something in New York, so I didn't need to be rail-thin or buff. There is a bikini scene though, and for that I was going to the gym and eating salad," she said.

Margot began her career in an Australian soap opera, where she had a lot of fun. Things were almost very different for the star though, as initially it was felt that her accent might hold her back.

"When I started out on Neighbours they said I had to work on my accent because I was too Australian. I had a horrible accent," she laughed. "It was very nasal. I sounded like Crocodile Dundee."