{"id":76844,"date":"2025-08-18T07:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76844\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T07:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:03:15","slug":"doomsday-being-really-healing-after-x2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76844\/","title":{"rendered":"Doomsday’ Being ‘Really Healing’ After ‘X2’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAlan Cumming<\/a> called the experience of reprising his role as mutant hero Nightcrawler in Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> \u201creally healing\u201d after the \u201cmiserable\u201d filming of X2: X-Men<\/a> United.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking to People<\/a> in a new interview, The Traitors host detailed how he had \u201cjust finished\u201d shooting the much-hyped Russo Brothers pic earlier this month. The two-time Emmy winner first originated the role in Bryan Singer\u2019s X2 (2003), and will now once again portray the blue-skinned teleporting Kurt Wagner in the Dec. 18, 2026 Marvel<\/a> Studios entry.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI just came back. It was amazing. It was actually really\u2014 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,\u201d the actor said. \u201cA great film, great film. I love the film.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tCumming noted he was \u201cmiserable\u201d amid filming\u00a0X2,\u00a0which he added was \u201cawful for a variety of reasons that I have talked about at length.\u201d Cumming has previously spoken about the \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201cabusive\u201d set<\/a> under Singer, an embattled director who has since been ousted from Hollywood following numerous allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior.<\/p>\n

However, the producer noted that Doomsday has been an enjoyable experience: \u201cIt was actually really great to go back. And especially, I\u2019m 60 years old. I did not think I would be doing stunts, playing a superhero in my 60s. So that was great. And everyone was really nice. And I got it done really quickly because I couldn\u2019t go, because of\u00a0The Traitors, when most of my scenes were being shot. So I squashed them all together, and got a green screen and various things and little scenes of people here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCumming confirmed news of his casting<\/a> in the who\u2019s who MCU<\/a> project back in late March. Though plot details are still sparse, it\u2019s known that mainstay Robert Downey Jr. will return as supervillain Dr. Doom, and the cast will be rounded out by James Marsden (also reprising his X-Men role<\/a>), Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Paul Rudd, Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh, Simu Liu, Tom Hiddleston, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Winston Duke, Danny Ramirez, Hannah John-Kamen, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, Kelsey Grammer, Channing Tatum, Tenoch Huerta Mej\u00eda, Lewis Pullman and\u00a0The Fantastic Four:\u00a0First Steps\u00a0actors Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
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