Alan Cumming says Nightcrawler return in Avengers: Doomsday was ‘healing’ after ‘miserable’ X2 experience
Alan Cumming praises Marvel return after 23 years
- Alan Cumming is set to reprise his role as Nightcrawler in the upcoming film Avengers: Doomsday, scheduled for release on 18 December 2026.
- Cumming expressed gratitude for his return, describing the experience as "healing" and a positive contrast to his initial "terrible" time filming X2 in 2003.
- He previously found the X2 filming challenging due to nearly five hours in the makeup chair and issues with director Bryan Singer.
- A significant improvement for Cumming is the reduced makeup application time for Nightcrawler, now only 90 minutes compared to the original four and a half hours.
- At 60 years old, Cumming is surprised and pleased to be performing stunts and playing a superhero, and he hinted at a fight scene with Pedro Pascal.