Shortly after it was introduced Alan Cumming can be BAMFing into Avengers: Doomsday, the actor proved he was certainly able to take his place amongst actors of the MCU… by spoiling an upcoming second within the MCU. Cumming seemingly revealed that his character, Kurt Wagner AKA Nightcrawler, would come to blows with Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards, star of the upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps. However, a recent meeting between Cumming and the MCU’s Mr. Fantastic has been casting doubts on the veracity of that supposed piece of the film’s story.
In case you haven’t been following MCU news lately, the presumed spoiler came from an interview Cumming did with Buzzfeed UK, by which the actor teased the stunts he was rehearsing as a part of his return to the function of the X-Men’s Nightcrawler, which Cumming first debuted in 2003’s X2.
“I’m type of studying these fights,” Cumming mentioned, “And I’m like, ‘What? Who am I combating with?’ And [the Doomsday filmmakers] mentioned, ‘You’re hitting Pedro Pascal in opposition to the pinnacle,’ or one thing.”
Naturally, the web went wild. What does it imply for the Doomsday plot that the X-Men (all performed by the actors that originated the roles in Fox’s X-men movies) can be duking it out with Marvel’s First Household? Nevertheless, that query could also be based on some shaky floor, as we realized in a Pedro Pascal interview carried out by Cumming himself.
Subbing in as the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Cumming turned a part of the Fantastic Four: First Steps promotional tour, interviewing the Four themselves (that’s, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn) on the late evening staple. At in regards to the three-minute mark of the interview, Cumming requested the forged in the event that they “discover it troublesome to maintain all of the Marvel secrets and techniques.”
“It is humorous that you must ask,” responded Pascal, who then turned to the viewers and mentioned “The largest leak that we’ve had comes from our host.”
After sheepish grin to the laughing crowd, Cumming admitted “My publicist referred to as me. The wrath of a publicist is not a wrath you need to have.”
However as Pascal started to elucidate the spoiler to the gang, Cumming interjected, making an attempt to make the case that his reveal might not have been the spoiler we all thought it was.
“Cub’s honor,” mentioned Cumming, holding up his hand in an trustworthy swear, “Have you ever completed what I mentioned? Have you ever been in a struggle with me on this movie? You have not, have you?”
A glance of sheer disbelief crossed Pascal’s face as the viewers reacted and costar Moss-Bachrach chuckled behind him, “Watch out, watch out.” After a second of seemingly shocked silence, Pascal responded:
“Alan and I by no means had a struggle.”
“See?” mentioned Cumming, maybe taking that response as extra concrete proof than it was meant to be, “So really, perhaps I obtained it improper and the struggle was about anyone else and I used to be double-bluffing you, Marvel folks.”
We’ll see, Alan, we’ll see.
Avengers: Doomsday is in theaters December 18, 2026.