As the 007 casting speculation reaches across the pond, Austin Butler is taking himself out of the running. The Oscar nominee admitted it “would be kind of sacrilegious” for him to play the British MI6 agent as a California-born-and-raised actor,

Austin Butler said it wouldn't be 'a good idea' for him to play James Bond - but he wouldn't mind portraying a villain in the 007 franchise, now directed by Denis Villeneuve

Austin Butler is taking himself out of the 007 sweepstakes, but not out of the franchise. In a Hits Radio chat, the Caught Stealing opened up on his desire to work in a James Bond film, but before you imagine him in a spy suit, there's a catch.