Alan Cumming won't appear in X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Despite James McAvoy saying Alan Cumming would appear in the X-Men film, the actor insists he hasn't been approached and is unavailable
There was a bit of breaking news regarding X-Men: Days of Future Past yesterday when James McAvoy seemed to reveal the identity of a returning villain in a radio interview. Here's what he said: “Nick Hoult will be back, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Halle Berry, Alan Cumming, Peter Dinklage I hear mentioned – I don't know if that's happening – Hugh Jackman...”
The name that should jump out there is Alan Cumming, who of course played Nightcrawler on the big screen. But given the fact that he reportedly hated wearing the makeup and that he mentioned at the end of last year that no approach had been made this came as something of a surprise. Cumming later cleared things up in an interview where he said the following:
“No, they haven't asked me (to return). Someone asked me that the other day and I said no. I know the one that's coming up shoots this spring, but I wouldn't be available anyway. I don't think they have. I was going to meet my manager for dinner later, I was going to talk to him about it, but no, I'm sure they would have told me, had they approached.”
Whether or not we'll see Nightcrawler, played by Cumming or not, remains to be seen, but at the moment it looks highly unlikely.
X-Men: Days of Future Past is set for release on July 18th 2014.
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I quite like him as Nightcrawler
Yeah his relationship with storm worked well in x2, not to mention his fight in the white house. I don't get the guy on first class that looks like him but red and has his power, but I suppose if the only way to have nightcrawler is to mash up Jason flemyng and the devil, then whatever. It worked
Jason Flemyng played Azazel, Nightcrawler's Dad. Mystique is Nightcrawler's Mum.
Nightcrawler wasn't a villain at all.
He and Storm and Jean Grey worked very well together in X2.
And Nightcrawler, as you say, was anything but a villain.
>John Thrasher • an hour ago−
Nightcrawler wasn't a villain at all.