"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."

Taron Egerton said that he wouldn't be a "good choice" to play James Bond during a new interview about the next 007. Shaken, not stirred. Taron Egerton has dropped out of the race to become the next James Bond as Amazon MGM Studios eye their new international man of mystery.

Taron Egerton is taking himself out of the running to be the next James Bond. Despite having experience in the spy genre as the lead of Matthew Vaughn’s “Kingsman” films, Egerton told Collider in a new interview that he doesn’t think he’s the right fit for Amazon’s new iteration of the iconic franchise.