Alan Cumming is back in the Marvel world as Nightcrawler, and he’s not shy about sharing what it’s been like filming Avengers: Doomsday. The actor, who first played the teleporting mutant in 2003’s X2: X-Men United,

Alan Cumming is back for “Avengers: Doomsday,” revising his role as the blue-skinned, sword-wielding, teleporting Nightcrawler. While Cumming famously didn’t love his time on “X2” (the character did not return for “X-Men: The Last Stand,” the actor said his second turn in the pointy ears was a healing experience.

The actor recently told People at the Televerse 2025 conference that he “just finished” filming the Russo brothers’ highly anticipated Doomsday film, which is set to hit theaters in May 2026.