(NEXSTAR) — While "007" fans eagerly await an announcement of who'll be the next James Bond for the upcoming Denis Villeneuve-directed 26th installment, at least one actor, whose name has been circulating in fancast conversations, has officially said it won't be him.

This week, Welsh actor Taron Egerton (the "Kingsman" franchise) exclusively told Collider definitely "no," he wouldn't consider being Bond.

"I don't think I'm a good choice for it," Egerton, 35, told Collider. "I think I'm too messy for that... I think I wouldn't be good at it, and I think there's so many cool, younger actors who would be great for it. I think it would be wasted on me, probably."

Egerton, who most recently starred in the Apple TV+ series "Smoke," rose to fame starting in 2015, after his role in "Kingsman: T

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