Alan Cumming’s Video Reaction to Nightcrawler Return Will Make You Even More Hyped For ‘Doomsday’

During a 5-hour stream, Marvel Studios revealed 27 names that will appear in the highly anticipated crossover movie, Avengers: Doomsday.

Some names, like Vanessa Kirby, Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn, were expected, especially considering Fantastic Four history with Doctor Doom. Other names were more surprising, with nearly the entire Thunderbolts* cast, excluding Taskmaster, set to have a role in the film. Additionally, Lewis Pullman’s Sentry was confirmed to appear.

However, the biggest shock came when former X-Men stars like Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart were revealed to be reprising their iconic roles, alongside James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, and Alan Cumming.

Cumming played Nightcrawler in only one movie: X2: X-Men United (2003).

Even though fans loved his performance, he did not return for later X-Men movies. The main reason was that the heavy blue makeup and long hours of preparation were difficult for him.

In later films, a younger version of Nightcrawler was played by Kodi Smit-McPhee. Now it seems that Cumming is ready to jump back into role as he posted a video using his character’s signature movie:

Cumming recently commented on X2: X-Men United saying it’s the gayest thing he has ever done.

He explained that the movie had a queer director and many queer actors. He liked that such a big, mainstream comic book movie had so much queer representation.

He also said that the movie is an allegory for queerness. This means the story is similar to real-life experiences of queer people. In the film, mutants have special powers but must hide them to fit in. Cumming compared this to queer people who sometimes have to hide who they are to be accepted.

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.

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