Could Richard Gere be gearing up for a new, bigger role?

Page Six reports the 68-year-old actor has been floated as a potential candidate for Congress in Upstate New York. Sean Patrick Maloney, who currently represents the 18th Congressional District, would vacate his seat if he wins this year's election for state attorney general.

Gere, a North Syracuse High School graduate, lives within the district in Pound Ridge, Westchester. The district includes Orange County and Putnam County, as well as parts of Westchester County and Dutchess County in the Hudson Valley.

Middletown Mayor Joe DeStefano, an influential Democrat in Orange County, told Page Six that Gere has been rumored as a possible replacement for Maloney. Maloney is one of four candidates in next month's Democratic primary after former AG Eric Schneiderman resigned in disgrace earlier this year.

"Richard Gere's name is being whispered about among Democrats. We'll see what he's made of," DeStefano told the publication.

But would Gere actually run?

The reports are "not true," his rep told Yahoo Entertainment.

Gere has long been an advocate for human rights in Chinese-held Tibet, and he's played politicians in movies -- but he has never pursued office in real life and says he prefers to push for change as a private citizen.

"There's not even a speck of me that goes, 'Boy, I'd really want to be a politician," he told CNN last year. "I have no interest. None. Zero."

"It's really easy speaking from here. I don't have to compromise with anything. The realm of politics is, every day, every moment, is compromising somehow. I don't have the patience for it. There's no way."

The former "Pretty Woman" star is also still plenty busy with his life and career. The Golden Globe winner is filming a BBC political thriller series in England and is reportedly expecting a child with his new wife, Alejandra Silva, a 35-year-old publicist and activist from Spain.

Meanwhile, if Maloney loses his AG bid, he'll focus on running for re-election in the district.

"The bottom line is I want to elect a Democrat to kill the Trump agenda," DeStefano told Page Six.