Sir Roger Moore’s granddaughter has said she believes the late actor would have struggled sitting through the ‘torture’ scenes in her movie debut.
Ambra Moore, 22, has a starring role in the upcoming gangster thriller Nemesis, with former EastEnders actor Billy Murray also appearing.
In the film, the rising starlet’s character, Kate, is set to be tied up before she kills her on-screen girlfriend in explosive scenes.
‘He’d find it difficult to see me in pain’: Ambra Moore has said she believes her grandfather Sir Roger Moore would have struggled watching ‘torture’ scenes in her movie debut (pictured with her father Geoffrey)
Speaking to The Mirror, Ambra said: ‘I think granddad would find it quite difficult to watch because of all the torture.
‘He’d find it difficult to see me in pain but would definitely enjoy the fact that I was in a film with Billy Murray and all the gangsters. He would be proud of me.’
Ambra also spoke about how Roger – who passed away at the age of 89 in 2017 – helped her develop as an actress, as he would often watch her school plays and teach her poetry.
She recalled: ‘One poem was If by Rudyard Kipling. Just watching him recite it helped me.’
Iconic: Sir Roger Moore was renowned for taking over the iconic James Bond role from George Lazenby (pictured with Julius Harris, Jane Seymour, Geoffrey Holder, Earl Jolly Brown, Yaphet Kotto in 1973 movie Live and Let Die)
Ambra explained that whenever she is missing her grandfather, she takes comfort in watching one of his many films, which includes seven as the iconic spy James Bond.
The actress also highlighted The Spy Who Loved Me and Live and Let Die as ‘my favourites’.
In Nemesis, Ambra plays Kate, the daughter of Billy Murray’s crime boss John Morgan, in the film which co-stars Nick Moran and is due for digital release on Monday.
Julian Glover, Sir Roger’s co-star from 1981 Bond film For Your Eyes Only, also makes an appearance in the British gangster film, directed by James Crow.
Rising star: Ambra Moore, 22, has a starring role in the upcoming gangster thriller Nemesis, with former EastEnders actor Billy Murray also appearing (pictured as a child with her grandfather, left, and father Geoffrey, right)
Ambra is the daughter of Sir Roger’s son Geoffrey and his wife Loulou.
A rising star in the film world, she has already co-produced and appeared in 2017’s And The Winner Isn’t, a satirical documentary about the Oscars race in Hollywood.
Alongside her father, she travelled around Los Angeles to try to find out what it takes to become an Academy Award winner, talking to industry insiders and filmmakers.
She also kept the family connection to 007 alive by working as an on-set runner on 2015 Bond film Spectre, running errands for its star, Daniel Craig.
But she didn’t reveal her identity and left Craig in the dark as to who her grandfather was.
Role: In film Nemesis, Ambra’s character Kate is tied up before she kills her on-screen girlfriend in explosive scenes (pictured Billy Murray as John Morgan and Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott as Sadie Morgan)
‘I was on set as a general runner but all my errands revolved around Daniel,’ she told Hello! magazine in 2019. ‘He didn’t know I was Roger Moore’s granddaughter. He is such a charming man – and a terrific actor.’
Following her grandfather’s death aged 89 in 2017, Ambra and her father co-wrote a song to raise money for Unicef in his honour – he was an ambassador for the United Nations childrens agency.
The star-studded video for the song also featured his friends including Sir Michael Caine and Liam Neeson.
‘He was the most wonderful man, always making a joke with a twinkle in his eye,’ Miss Moore said of her grandfather.
She said that she would be happy to have a role in a future 007 film – but would rather play a Bond villain than a Bond girl.
Her father Geoffrey is Sir Roger’s son from his third marriage to Italian actress Luisa Mattioli.
He also tried his hand at acting and starred opposite his father as a child in 1976 film Sherlock Holmes In New York and in 1990’s Fire, Ice And Dynamite. He went on to become a restaurateur and founded the Hush restaurant in London’s Mayfair.
Sir Roger was married to Miss Mattioli from 1969 to 1993, when a diagnosis of prostate cancer prompted him to leave her and marry Danish socialite Kristina Tholstrup.
He said the early bout of cancer had been ‘life-changing’ in many ways and had made him re-evaluate his marriage.
The actor, who was to die of liver cancer, played 007 in seven Bond films, including Live And Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me.
Family: Ambra’s father Geoffrey is Sir Roger’s son from his third marriage to Italian actress Luisa Mattioli