Alan Cumming Reacts To Nightcrawler Return In ‘Avengers: Doomsday’: “Never Say Never”

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Alan Cumming is reprising his X-Men role of Nightcrawler for Marvel‘s upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. After the cast reveal was made on a live stream, the Traitors US host took to social media to express his excitement about returning and share a video of himself practicing his Nightcrawler moves. “Never say never,” Cumming captioned the Instagram post.

Cumming played the comic book role in 2003’s X2: X-Men United. The actor will also reunite in the new Avengers movie with his co-stars including Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier / Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and James Marsden (Cyclops).

Romijn replied to his post saying, “Can’t wait to see blue!” A post shared by Alan Cumming (@alancummingreally) RELATED: ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Stunt Clocks 275M Views, Marvel Livestream All-Time Record; “There’s Always Room For More” Cast Says Marvel In an interview from June 2024, Cumming recalled playing the role of Nightcrawler. “I think the X-Men film I’m in is the gayest film that I’ve ever done, and that’s me saying that,” Cumming told Entertainment Weekly. “It’s got a queer director, lots of queer actors in it.

I love the fact that something so mainstream and so in the comic book world is so queer.” He continued, “I think, in a way, those sorts of films really help people understand queerness, because you can address it in an artistic way, and everyone is less scared of the concept.