Avengers: Doomsday is going to be the biggest Marvel film ever, at least in terms of what we’re going to see up on screen. It’s two Avengers teams, the Wakandans, the Fantastic Four, and the freakin’ X-Men taking on Doctor Doom. But before these many heroes fight Doom, as is Marvel Comics tradition, we know they’ll fight each other first. That’s just how it goes. And now, one Doomsday actor has spilled the beans on at least one match-up we’re going to see. Alan Cumming, who is returning as the X-Men’s Nightcrawler, spoke to Buzzfeed UK, via Comic Book, and here’s what he said about returning as Kurt Wagner, and which MCU hero he’s going to tussle with:
I’m playing Nightcrawler again now. I was just learning stunts yesterday for some fight scene. I just think, ‘I’m 60 years old.’ 23 years ago I played that superhero — I was kind of old for a superhero even then, and now I’m back doing it. And that, to me, is hilarious. I’m sort of of learning these fights like, ‘What? Who am I fighting with?’ ‘You’re hitting Pedro Pascal against the head.’ It’s just that I can’t quite believe, especially because X2 was such a long time ago
So, this means we’re getting the Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men in Doomsday. This fight evokes a grand Marvel tradition going back to 1964. That’s the year we got our very first X-Men vs. FF fight in the comics. Calling this movie just “Avengers” Doomsday now seems like it’s selling the premise short. It also means we’re going to have a teleporter fighting a guy who can stretch to any length. And that should be super fun from a visual standpoint.
You can tell that Cumming has been out of the Marvel game for two decades, because he’s talking out of school in these interviews as if it’s 2003. These days, Marvel Studios does not take kindly to actors dropping spoilers in interviews. Just ask the frequently scolded Tom Holland and Mark Ruffalo. Those two often don’t even get full scripts because of their big mouths. But there’s worse company for Nightcrawler to keep than with Hulk and Spidey.
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