“For a while your body is definitely not your body and you very willingly give it up for your child, but now I feel more confident and comfortable with what my body can do.

“Plus, I’m just a very sexual person by nature – that’s partly why I agreed to do the movie that I did – I just think the art of the tease is a beautiful art form.”

Bell, star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, will play a rival of Christina Aguilera’s character at the cabaret club, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Aguilera plays a small-town girl who moves to Los Angeles and, thanks to her enormous singing talent, finds work at a burlesque club run by Cher.

The story? Small-town gal moves to the big city of Los Angeles and finds work at a burlesque club. Meaning Christina will get to sing and dance in the flick too. Linked to the project are writer-director Steven Antin and producer Donald De Line.