Taron Egerton is gracefully bowing out of the race to become the next James Bond. Now that Denis Villeneuve has been named the next director of the long-running film franchise, rumors are swirling about who will suit up as the international man of mystery,

The Welsh actor, who starred in the Kingsman spy action franchise, believes there are "many cool, younger actors" who would be better suited to the role instead of him. When asked whether he'd throw his hat into the ring to take over from Daniel Craig,

"I'm too messy for that," the 'Kingsman' star said about being Denis Villeneuve's 007. "Also, it’s possibly not quite the thing that would make me happiest; it kind of consumes your life."