Alan Cumming called the experience of reprising his role as mutant hero Nightcrawler in Avengers: Doomsday “really healing” after the “miserable” filming of X2: X-Men United .

Speaking to People in a new interview, The Traitors host detailed how he had “just finished” shooting the much-hyped Russo Brothers pic earlier this month. The two-time Emmy winner first originated the role in Bryan Singer’s X2 (2003), and will now once again portray the blue-skinned teleporting Kurt Wagner in the Dec. 18, 2026 Marvel Studios entry.

“I just came back. It was amazing. It was actually really— in a sort of ooey, gooey way, it was really healing and really nice to go back to something that it was a terrible experience when I did it the first time,” the actor said. “A great film, grea

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