Alan Cumming is back for “Avengers: Doomsday,” revising his role as the blue-skinned, sword-wielding, teleporting Nightcrawler. While Cumming famously didn’t love his time on “X2” (the character did not return for “X-Men: The Last Stand,” the actor said his second turn in the pointy ears was a healing experience.

Actor Alan Cumming describes reprising his role as Nightcrawler in Marvel's "Avengers: Doomsday" as "really healing," offering him a restorative do-over after a difficult first experience on 2003's "X2." The 60-year-old Emmy winner recently said that ...