Even with reports dismissing his involvement with the project, Brett Ratner still wants to be a part of Conan the Barbarian reboot, talking with MTV about the casting.

Who would he have play Conan? “It should be an unknown,” he said. “Conan is kind of iconic. It’s kind of like when you do Superman. It’s difficult to fill those shoes but they came up with a new Batman, they came up with a new James Bond, you know?”

Well, to be honest, both Christian Bale and Daniel Craig were well known actors before they got their respective roles.

Ratner will next be working on the fourth Beverly Hills Cop film that will be shot sometime later this year.