Vodka helped Eva's sex scene

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EVEN A-listers need a little help to steady their nerves sometimes.

Actress EVA MENDES - the beautiful star of Hollywood hit movies Hitch, Ghost Rider and 2 Fast 2 Furious - has confessed she reached for some vodka to calm her down before shooting a sex scene with JOAQUIN PHOENIX.

The Cuban American peeled off on film for the first time for the nude scene in We Own The Night.

Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, the beauty said: "I wasn't comfortable at all.

"They were very sweet and they poured me a vodka and orange juice and then I was fine,

"I'm very professional and I don't usually drink on the job but that morning I had a little vodka and OJ."