Alan Cumming is stepping back into the role of Nightcrawler for Marvel’s upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
Following the cast announcement made during a live stream, the Traitors US host took to social media to share his excitement about reprising the role, posting a video of himself practicing his Nightcrawler moves.
“Never say never,” Cumming captioned the Instagram post. Romijn responded to his post with enthusiasm, commenting, “Can’t wait to see blue!”
In a June 2024 interview, Cumming reflected on his experience playing Nightcrawler.
Alan Cumming“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.
“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 scheduled to hit theaters on May 1, 2026.