Elba could one day wind up playing one of the most iconic British film roles there is: James Bond.

“It’s a rumor,” he says flatly.

That doesn’t, of course, really answer the most interesting question: What would he do if they asked him? If Sony called, would he get in a cab to take the meeting?

“I’d not only get in the cab,” he says, “but I’d take the taxi driver out of the car, hostage. The taxi, 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 — land on top of Sony Studios, slide through the air conditioning, and land in the office.”

Sounds pretty confident. And so does this closing line: “I’m never shaken or stirred.”