"Alexander" star Colin Farrell had to re-shoot love scenes with a young actress for "The New World" because lawyers feared the footage infringes American child pornography laws.

In "Thin Red Line" director Terrence Malick's latest film, Farrell, 28, plays British colonist John Smith, who falls in love with a native American girl, played by 14-year-old Q'Orianka Kilcher, imdb.com quoted a report from gossip site The Scoop as saying.

"Farrell was told to get romantic and sensual but knew there was a certain amount of kissing involved.

"He played the scene brilliantly and he really put Q'Orianka at her ease.

"But when the lawyers saw the finished product they just flipped out," a source was quoted as saying.