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!”
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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. It’s an allegory about queerness, about people having these great gifts and really great, powerful things that they have to hide to exist. Queer people understand what that’s all about.”
Avengers: Doomsday is set to hit theaters on May 1, 2026.
