Alan Cumming took home the Emmy for outstanding host for a reality competition program for “The Traitors” on Sunday night at the Creative Arts Emmys.

But backstage, Cumming, who is reprising his role as Nightcrawler from “X2″ for “ Avengers: Doomsday ,” was asked how he was preparing to play the character again. The actor confirmed he had already wrapped filming: “Well, I’ve already done it. I finished it.”

The actor, who last played the character in 2002, went on to say, “I did a lot of stunt work and training. That was amazing.” He joked, “The stunt people couldn’t believe that I could get up, let alone jump around and do this boxing and training.”

Cumming admitted he had forgotten to rewatch the first film before reviving the character. But it turned out to be advantageous to the

See Full Page