Natalie Dormer has hit back at critics of 'In Darkness' over its "gratuitous nudity".<br /><br /><br /><br />The 36-year-old star has co-written and stars in the new thriller opposite Ed Skrein, and she has responded to reviewers who suggested the sexual nature of the film was "sadistic" and unnecessary.<br /><br /><br /><br />Firing back in an interview with The Guardian, she said: "There has to be sexuality in the power play of a thriller. We have all got bodies, after all.<br /><br /><br /><br />"In this film the sex scene, which for me was a lovemaking scene, is a metaphor for the way my character connects with the part played by Ed Skrein."<br /><br /><br /><br />The pair's characters come together after Dormer's character Sofia overhears the murder of her upstairs neighbour, and she and Marc begin investigating the crime.<br /><br />
