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Alan Cumming recently joked that, when he was first offered the chance to appear in Avengers: Doomsday, he believed he was being pranked.
What did Alan Cummings say about his MCU return in Avengers: Doomsday?
Speaking to Variety while at the Emmys yesterday, Cumming was asked about his upcoming appearance in the movie. The Nightcrawler actor revealed that, when he was originally approached about the movie, he initially thought someone had to be playing a joke on him.
“Well, I thought it was a prank, to start with,” said Cumming. “When I went to meet them at Disney, it was — I can’t remember what Jewish holiday it was — it was a Jewish holiday. So the place was empty. I was like, ‘What’s going on? Is this like one of those shows that what’s his name used to host?’ Punk’d!”
Alan Cumming thought he was being pranked when Marvel called him to return as Nightcrawler in #AvengersDoomsday. #Emmys pic.twitter.com/nzK7gkBio3— Variety (@Variety) September 14, 2025
As far as Cumming’s role in the film goes, that remains mostly unknown as of now, as does most of Doomsday, which remains under wraps. Cumming did note that he has finished his filming for the movie, though.
So far, several major stars from the MCU have been confirmed to be in Avengers: Doomsday’s cast. The movie is led by Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, but also includes Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby’s Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Letitia Wright’s Shuri/Black Panther, and Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man.
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More names for the upcoming movie include Wyatt Russell’s U.S. Agent/John Walker, Tenoch Huerta’s Namor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s The Thing/Ben Grimm, Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Kelsey Grammer’s Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast, Lewis Pullman’s Bob/Sentry, Danny Ramirez’s Joaquin Torres/Falcon, Joseph Quinn’s Johnny Storm/Human Torch, David Harbour’s Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Winston Duke‘s M’Baku, Hannah John-Kamen‘s Ava Starr/Ghost, and Tom Hiddleston‘s Loki.
Several X-Men characters are also coming back for the upcoming movie, including Patrick Stewart‘s Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen‘s Magneto, Alan Cumming‘s Nightcrawler, Rebecca Romijn‘s Mystique, James Marsden‘s Cyclops, and Channing Tatum‘s Gambit.
Avengers: Doomsday is slated to release in theaters on December 18, 2026.
