Alan Cumming known as the expertise of reprising his position as mutant hero Nightcrawler in Avengers: Doomsday “actually therapeutic” after the “depressing” filming of X2: X-Males United.
Chatting with Folks in a brand new interview, The Traitors host detailed how he had “simply completed” capturing the much-hyped Russo Brothers pic earlier this month. The 2-time Emmy winner first originated the position in Bryan Singer’s X2 (2003), and can now as soon as once more painting the blue-skinned teleporting Kurt Wagner within the Dec. 18, 2026 Marvel Studios entry.
“I simply got here again. It was superb. It was truly actually— in a kind of ooey, gooey manner, it was actually therapeutic and very nice to return to one thing that it was a horrible expertise once I did it the primary time,” the actor stated. “An ideal movie, nice movie. I like the movie.”
Cumming famous he was “depressing” amid filming X2, which he added was “terrible for quite a lot of causes that I’ve talked about at size.” Cumming has beforehand spoken in regards to the “harmful” and “abusive” set underneath Singer, an embattled director who has since been ousted from Hollywood following quite a few allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate habits.
Nonetheless, the producer famous that Doomsday has been an pleasing expertise: “It was truly actually nice to return. And particularly, I’m 60 years outdated. I didn’t suppose I might be doing stunts, enjoying a superhero in my 60s. In order that was nice. And everybody was very nice. And I received it accomplished actually rapidly as a result of I couldn’t go, due to The Traitors, when most of my scenes have been being shot. So I squashed all of them collectively, and received a inexperienced display screen and varied issues and little scenes of individuals right here and there.”
Cumming confirmed information of his casting within the who’s who MCU mission again in late March. Although plot particulars are nonetheless sparse, it’s identified that mainstay Robert Downey Jr. will return as supervillain Dr. Doom, and the forged shall be rounded out by James Marsden (additionally reprising his X-Males position), Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Paul Rudd, Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh, Simu Liu, Tom Hiddleston, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Winston Duke, Danny Ramirez, Hannah John-Kamen, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, Kelsey Grammer, Channing Tatum, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Lewis Pullman and The Unbelievable 4: First Steps actors Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
