Natasha Richardson cringed with embarrassment when her husband Liam Neeson watched her explicit sex scenes in recent movie Asylum. But Richardson, who plays sexually repressed doctor's wife Stella Arphal in the David MacKenzie-directed film, admits the raunchy role is the highlight of her career so far.

She says, "I was so embarrassed when Liam finally saw the film because the sex is so raw. But Stella is the part I'm most proud of. She is not that dissimilar to Sophia in The White Countess. They're both profoundly sad characters."

In her latest movie, The White Countess, Richar...