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Alan Cumming is opening up about how playing Nightcrawler in Avengers: Final Judgment Day was actually “really healing” after his “terrible experience” in 2003’s X2: X-Men United .
The actor recently told People at the Televorse 2025 conference that he "just finished" filming the Russian brothers' Joyday film, which is expected to hit theaters in May 2026.
"I just got back. It was amazing. It was actually really... in a sticky way, it was really healing and very good to go back to something that was a terrible experience when I did it the first time," Cumming said. "A great movie, a great movie. I love the movie."
The Traitors host has previously opened up about why it was so “miserable” to make the 2003 X-Men film, including the challenges of spending “like four to five hours” in makeup every day to become the blue-skinned mutant, as well as difficulties with director Bryan Singer .
However, he said “it was really great to be back” Joyday How much more positive this time.
“And especially, I’m 60 years old. I didn’t think I was doing stunts, playing a superhero in my 60s. So that was really cool,” he said. “And everyone was really cool. And I did it really fast because I couldn’t go, for The Traitors , when most of my scenes were being shot. So I squashed them down and shot a green screen and various things and little scenes of people here and there. But it was very stealthy.”
While details surrounding Marvel's six-part delivery phase remain confidential, Cumming has teased that his Nightcrawler will have a fight scene with Pedro Pascal's Sir .
The Avengers: Judgment Day cast It also includes Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Sim Liu (Shang-Chi), Danny Ramirez (The Falcon), Winson Duke (M'Baku), Sebastian Stan Slon Stan, Wyatt Russell (US Agent), David Harbor (Red Guardian), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Lewis Pullman (Bob), Patrick Stewart (Professor
