{"id":1967090,"date":"2025-08-18T17:55:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1967090"},"modified":"2025-08-18T17:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:55:39","slug":"doomsday-after-miserable-x2-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/doomsday-after-miserable-x2-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Doomsday\u201d after &#8216;miserable&#8217; \u201cX2 \u201dexperience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/alan-cumming\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alan Cumming;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alan Cumming<\/a> is happy he got the chance to reprise his role as Kurt Wagner, a.k.a Nightcrawler, in <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/avengers-doomsday-cast-assembles-thunderbolts-watch-party-11727635\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Avengers: Doomsday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> <\/em>after his \u201cterrible\u201d experience shooting <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/x2-x-men-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X2: X-Men United;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>X2: X-Men United<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 60-year-old actor revealed in a recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/alan-cumming-calls-it-really-healing-playing-nightcrawler-again-exclusive-11791971\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE interview;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE interview<\/a> that he \u201cjust finished\u201d filming his <em>Doomsday<\/em> scenes earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I just came back. It was amazing,\u201d Cumming told the outlet. \u201cIt was actually really&#8230; 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. A great film [<em>Doomsday<\/em>], great film. I love the film.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Marvel Comics\/20th Century Fox<\/p>\n<p> Halle Berry as Storm and Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler in &#8216;X2&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Traitors<\/em> host explained that he was \u201cmiserable\u201d while shooting <em>X2<\/em>, which he said was &#8220;awful for a variety of reasons that I have talked about at length\u201d over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cumming has stated in the past that he disliked working on the 2003 X-Men sequel, due in part to having <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/alan-cumming-says-his-4-hour-x-men-transformation-is-now-much-shorter-11711444\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:to spend over five hours in the makeup chair;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">to spend over five hours in the makeup chair <\/a>to bring his character to life <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/x-men-cast-threatened-to-quit-due-to-bryan-singer-behavior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:and on set difficulties with the film\u2019s controversial director;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">and on set difficulties with the film\u2019s controversial director<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/bryan-singer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bryan Singer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bryan Singer<\/a>. He previously alleged that the <em>X2<\/em> cast staged an intervention for Singer in his 2018 memoir,<em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/10\/21\/halle-berry-once-told-bryan-singer-to-kiss-my-black-ass\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thankfully, Cumming had the opposite experience on the <em>Doomsday<\/em> set.\u00a0&#8220;It was actually really great to go back,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd especially, I&#8217;m 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cumming noted that he got all of his <em>Doomsday<\/em> scenes in advance so that he could return in time for a new season of <em>The Traitors<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Sign up for\u00a0<\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/ew-tv-inline-offer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly's\u00a0free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<em>&#8216;s\u00a0free daily newsletter<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<em>to get breaking news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI got it done really quickly because I couldn&#8217;t go, because of<em>\u00a0The Traitors, <\/em>when most of my scenes were being shot,\u201d he elaborated. &#8220;So I squashed them all together, and got a green screen and various things and little scenes of people here and there. But it was pretty stealthy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Still, Cumming noted that he got a bit of time to \u201cpractice with stuntmen\u201d in order to properly step back into Nightcrawler&#8217;s teleporting shoes. &#8220;I would&#8217;ve liked to have been there for weeks and weeks,\u201d he remarked. \u201cI wasn&#8217;t there for very long at all, so that was also good.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Monica Schipper\/WireImage Alan Cumming attends the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards on January 3, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/4Sb0NbcdGwyUR68RCLJ6tg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/284ee2250f9fe34304d45fe6d7e7b9ad\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Monica Schipper\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p> Alan Cumming attends the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards on January 3, 2025<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cumming is one of several members of Fox\u2019s X-Men trilogy who will be reprising their roles onscreen in <em>Doomsday <\/em>alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/james-marsden\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:James Marsden;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">James Marsden<\/a> (Cyclops), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/patrick-stewart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Patrick Stewart;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Patrick Stewart<\/a>\u00a0(Charles Xavier\/Professor X),\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/ian-mckellen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ian McKellen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ian McKellen<\/a>\u00a0(Erik Lehnsherr\/Magneto),\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/rebecca-romijn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rebecca Romijn;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rebecca Romijn<\/a> (Mystique), and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/kelsey-grammer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kelsey Grammer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kelsey Grammer<\/a>\u00a0(Hank McCoy\/Beast). <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/channing-tatum\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Channing Tatum;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Channing Tatum<\/a>, who played Gambit in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/deadpool-and-wolverine-8672901\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadpool &amp; Wolverine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Deadpool &amp; Wolverine<\/em><\/a>, will also finally join the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While details surrounding the film\u2019s plot remain under tight wraps, we know that it will mark <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/robert-downey-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Robert Downey Jr.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Robert Downey Jr.<\/a>\u2019s official return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe following Tony Stark\/Iron Man&#8217;s death in <em>Avengers: Endgame<\/em>. This time around, he will play big bad Victor von Doom, a.k.a Doctor Doom, in both <em>Doomsday<\/em> and its 2027 follow-up, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/x-men-avengers-secret-wars-launches-new-age-of-mutants-8748745\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Secret Wars;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Secret Wars<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Marvel Studios boss <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/kevin-feige\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kevin Feige;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kevin Feige<\/a> previously revealed that <em>Secret Wars<\/em> is set to &#8220;really leads us into a new age of mutants and of the X-Men.&#8221; Although, he noted at the time that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/x-men-tony-stark-will-be-recast-marvel-studios-chief-kevin-feige-reveals-11775641\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the entire team will be recast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the entire team will be recast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Doomsday<\/em> arrives in theaters on Dec. 18, 2026, with Secret Wars dropping the following year on Dec. 17, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/alan-cumming-says-it-was-healing-to-return-as-nightcrawler-in-avengers-doomsday-after-miserable-x2-experience-11792654\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Cumming is happy he got the chance to reprise his role as Kurt Wagner, a.k.a Nightcrawler, in Avengers: Doomsday after his \u201cterrible\u201d experience shooting X2: X-Men United.\u00a0 The 60-year-old actor revealed in a recent PEOPLE interview that he \u201cjust finished\u201d filming his Doomsday scenes earlier this month.\u00a0 &#8220;I just came back. It was amazing,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1967091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[320210,327532,348395],"class_list":["post-1967090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-alan-cumming","tag-doomsday","tag-nightcrawler"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Doomsday-after-miserable-X2-experience.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}