Alan Cumming Admits He Didn't Understand the 'Avengers: Doomsday' Plot

“Just tell me where to point.” That was Alan Cumming’s reaction when a crew member tried to explain what was happening in one of the scenes of Avengers: Doomsday. The X-Men actor, who returns as Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, admitted that he didn’t fully understand the plot of the new Marvel film and was lost regarding what was happening around him during filming.

In an interview with SiriusXM , Cumming recounted that, during filming, a crew member began explaining what was happening with the giant robots. The actor then joked: “Thank you very much, but just tell me where to point, whatever it is. And I’ll do it. Actually, I just know I’m here to run around.”

Cumming also revealed that he only worked with Florence Pugh's stunt double, without even having met the actress during filming.

It's worth remembering that the cast of Avengers: Doomsday also includes other names from the old X-Men movies, such as Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, and James Marsden.

Everything you need to know about Avengers: Doomsday

The villain of the fifth Avengers movie will be Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr., the actor who portrayed the legendary Iron Man in the MCU's Infinity Saga and now takes on the role of the antagonist. Avengers: Doomsday will be directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo (Endgame), with a script by Michael Waldron (Loki) and Stephen McFreely (Endgame).

Marvel has already confirmed the main cast members for the new film, in one of the biggest MCU star reunions ever assembled. Returning from previous Avengers films are: Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Sebastian Stan as the Winter Soldier, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Winston Duke as M'Baku, and Letitia Wright as Shuri/Black Panther.

Among characters introduced after Avengers: Endgame — in phases 4 and 5 of the MCU — we have Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Danny Ramirez as Falcon, the entire new Fantastic Four (Pedro Pascal as Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the Thing), almost the entire cast of Thunderbolts* (Florence Pugh as Yelena, Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Hanah John-Kamen as Ghost, and Lewis Pullman as Bob, the Sentry), and Tenoch Huerta as Namor.

The film also features the return of the classic X-Men from the old Fox movies, including Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, James Marsden as Cyclops, Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler, Kelsey Grammer as Beast, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, and, introduced in Deadpool & Wolverine, Channing Tatum as Gambit.

Avengers: Doomsday opens on December 18, 2026.