US EditionAvengers: Doomsday 'Really Healing,' X-Men Star Alan Cumming Says, After 'Terrible Experience' on X2
Alan Cumming describes reprising Nightcrawler in the MCU as a healing experience after a difficult and abusive filming environment during X2, which he called miserable.
- Alan Cumming, who first played Nightcrawler in 2003's X2: X-Men United, is reprising the role in Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday, releasing December 18, 2026.
- Cumming returned after enduring a 'miserable' and 'terrible' experience filming X2 under director Bryan Singer, who faced allegations of misconduct and erratic on-set behavior.
- He described working on Avengers: Doomsday as 'really healing' and 'great to go back,' contrasting it with the difficult production of his first Nightcrawler film.
- Cumming, now 60, expressed surprise at doing stunts and playing a superhero at his age, while many original X-Men cast members, including Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, also return.
- This return suggests a positive shift in cast experience and anticipation for Avengers: Doomsday, highlighting reconciliation with a challenging past project.
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Alan Cumming: Playing Nightcrawler again in 'Avengers: Doomsday' was 'really healing'
Alan Cumming is back as the mutant superhero Nightcrawler, and this time, he's loving every minute.Cumming told People that he "just finished" filming the upcoming Marvel movie Avengers: Doomsday earlier this month."I just came back. It was amazing. It was actually really… in a sort of ooey, gooey way, it was really healing and really nice to go back to something that it was a terrible experience when I did it the first time." He also said that …
Alan Cumming calls it 'healing' to film 'Avengers: Doomsday' after 'miserable' 'X2' experience
"It was actually really great to go back,” the actor said.Moviestore/Shutterstock Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler in 'X2'.Alan Cumming is happy he got the chance to reprise his role as Kurt Wagner, a.k.a Nightcrawler, in Avengers: Doomsday after his “terrible” experience shooting X2: X-Men United. The 60-year-old actor revealed in a recent PEOPLE interview that he “just finished” filming his Doomsday scenes earlier this month. "I just came back. It…
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The Independent (US)Alan Cumming says Nightcrawler return was ‘healing’ after ‘miserable’ X2 experience
Cumming first appeared as Nightcrawler in 2003 X-Men sequel
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