Pop star Shakira has pulled out of what would have been her movie debut in an adaptation of Love in the Time of Cholera written by her friend Gabriel Garcia Marquez, because she didn?t want to appear nude in the film. Shakira?s reason for leaving the film was that there was conflict in schedules, but the producer Scott Steindorff gave a different reason. The director revealed that Shakira did not want to bare all for the screen. The singer now wants to make her debut after making careful considerations saying, ?The script, the character, the director, it all has to come together to assure me that I?ll be protected. I have a responsibility to my public, so I don?t want to get into something that could fail.?

However, she did not completely ditch the project and contributed by writing and recording the soundtrack.