Idris Elba has taken interest in playing the next James Bond, replacing Daniel Craig, but has some concerns about being called the black James Bond.

It's a rumor, the 39-year old Brit of HBO's The Wire and BBC's Luther told NPR. However, Elba said he is in the running to be the next James Bond.

Bond, a sexy, suave secret agent 007, is a role previously played solely by white men, with the likes of Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.

I just don't want to be the black James Bond, he explains. Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond, and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond, so if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.

Playing a drug mogul Stringer Bell on The Wire, Elba told NPR that after a motivational conversation with his father, he seems ready to play the role, hoping fans would look past the color of his skin.

I didn't come to America to play black roles. I came to America to play roles, he said. And Stringer Bell, being my first character, was a smart drug dealer. In my opinion, he's black, but that's not the point.

Aside from his racial concerns, Elba seems ready to take the bull by the horns as the next 007 agent James Bond.

If Sony decided to call me and said hey, we wanted to do [James Bond], I'd definitely consider it, he told NPR.

I'd not only get in the cab, but I'd take the taxi driver out of the car, hostage, jump out while it was moving, jump onto a pedal bike that was just past the door as I got on it, and then get onto a plane - on the wing - and land on top of Sony Studios, slide through the air conditioning, and land in the office.

I'm never shaken or stirred, Idris Elba noted.

View the slideshow to see photos of the sexy Brit and next James Bond, Idris Elba.

Actor Idris Elba arrives at the special presentation screening of the film quotRocknRollaquot at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, September 4, 2008.
Actor Idris Elba arrives at the special presentation screening of the film "RocknRolla" at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, September 4, 2008. REUTERS
British actor Idris Elba poses during a photocall for the U.S.Rwanda film Sometimes in April by U.S. director Raoul Peck at the 55th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 17, 2005.
British actor Idris Elba poses during a photocall for the U.S./Rwanda film 'Sometimes in April' by U.S. director Raoul Peck at the 55th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 17, 2005. REUTERS
Cast member Idris Elba poses at the premiere of the movie quotRocknRollaquot at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California October 6, 2008. The movie opens in the U.S. on October 31.
Cast member Idris Elba poses at the premiere of the movie "RocknRolla" at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California October 6, 2008. The movie opens in the U.S. on October 31. REUTERS
British actor Idris Elba, star of the film quotThe Reapingquot, poses as he arrives for the films premiere in Los Angeles March 29, 2007.
British actor Idris Elba, star of the film "The Reaping", poses as he arrives for the film's premiere in Los Angeles March 29, 2007. REUTERS
Actor Idris Elba poses for photographers during red carpet arrivals at the VH1 Save The Music Foundations quotVH1 Big Night for a Big Causequot in Beverly Hills December 1, 2006.
Actor Idris Elba poses for photographers during red carpet arrivals at the VH1 Save The Music Foundation's "VH1 Big Night for a Big Cause" in Beverly Hills December 1, 2006. REUTERS
British actor Elba and actress Karemera from Rwanda pose during a photocall for the film Sometimes in April in Berlin. British actor Idris Elba and actress Carole Karemera R from Rwanda pose during a photocall for the U.S.Rwanda film Sometimes in Ap
British actor Elba and actress Karemera from Rwanda pose during a photocall for the film 'Sometimes in April' in Berlin. British actor Idris Elba and actress Carole Karemera (R) from Rwanda pose during a photocall for the U.S./Rwanda film 'Sometimes in April' by U.S. director Raoul Peck at the 55th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 17, 2005. REUTERS
Actor Idris Elba arrives for the British Academy Television Awards 2009 at the Royal Festival Hall in London April 26, 2009.
Actor Idris Elba arrives for the British Academy Television Awards 2009 at the Royal Festival Hall in London April 26, 2009. REUTERS
Actor Idris Elba arrives at the premiere of quotTakersquot in Los Angeles, California, August 4, 2010.
Actor Idris Elba arrives at the premiere of "Takers" in Los Angeles, California, August 4, 2010. REUTERS
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