"I'm Texan. A Texan should not play James Bond," Powell says. "My family and I joke around, I can play Jimmy Bond, but I should not be playing James Bond. Get an authentic Brit for that job. That's who belongs in that tuxedo."

Glen Powell is neither shaken nor stirred by the possibility of playing James Bond . Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in a new cover story about his upcoming sports comedy series Chad Powers, Powell, 36, shot down the suggestion that he could inherit the big-screen role of 007 in no uncertain terms.