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Avengers: 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 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…
Alan Cumming reveals why playing Nightcrawler again changed everything
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Alan Cumming is opening up about reprising his X-Men role in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. The 60-year-old actor and host will be back as Nightcrawler in the next installment of the MCU superhero movies, over 20 years after he last played the character in X2. In a recent interview, Alan opened up about how reprising the role in the upcoming movie was healing after a bad experience filming X2. Keep reading to find out more… “I just came back. …
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