Alan Cumming’s 5 Best Movies to Revisit Before Avengers: Doomsday Arrives
The actor has been recently confirmed to return to his iconic role in the MCU’s upcoming blockbuster.
Marvel’s next big feature, a superhero flick Avengers: Doomsday, will see the return of more than 20 prominent MCU actors, including Robert Downey Jr., but there might be no one else like Alan Cumming that MCU fans are most excited about at this point.
The actor, who starred as Nightcrawler in 2003’s X-Men 2, is now officially set to come back to one of his most famous roles yet in the upcoming Avengers film.
This, however, is just a small part of Cumming’s vast career with a span of more than three decades; the actor has so far appeared in all sorts of movies, be that romantic dramas or comedies, action films and satirical features.
Now that Avengers: Doomsday isn’t arriving until at least 2027, there’s plenty of time to revisit some of Cumming’s outstanding flicks (you better start now though).
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
In Stanley Kubrick’s hit erotic drama with Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in the leading roles, Alan Cumming stars in a minor, but still memorable role of a desk clerk in a hotel Cruise’s Dr. Bill Harford visits amidst his involvement in a secret society’s weird activities.
Having initially received mixed reviews from critics, Eyes Wide Shut soon acquired a status of cult classic, mostly due to the movie being the last one that Kubrick directed.
Additionally, the film is still a great nostalgic moment for those who were fond of Kidman and Cruise’s couple at the time.
X2: X-Men United (2003)
A definitive must for everyone who’s getting those tickets for Avengers: Doomsday, the movie, regarded as the best X-Men instalment so far, stars Cumming in a role which many wished had received way more screen time than it ultimately did.
Still, Cumming’s Nightcrawler just nails several significant scenes, including the movie’s opening sequence that sees the actor storming into the White House with some punches prepared for Secret Service members.
Eventually becoming the X-Men’ ally, Cumming’s Nightcrawler is one of the best characters introduced in the movie and is definitely the one whose return in Avengers: Doomsday MCU fans won’t stop talking about anytime soon.
Spy Kids (2001)
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Cumming’s versatile acting talent found one more proof for itself in a villain role for Robert Rodriguez’s hit action comedy Spy Kids.
The movie sees the actor taking on the role of Fegan Floop, a children's television host suspected of having kidnapped Carmen and Juni’s parents.
Starring Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino as super spies who suddenly vanish, the film follows through the adventures their kids are yet to embark on in an attempt to use all the cool spy devices to bring their parents back home.
Released more than 20 years ago, Spy Kids remains a cult classic of the genre and was even recognized as a culturally significant and preserved movie piece.
Sweet Land (2005)
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An independent period drama, Sweet Land might have got Alan Cumming on board ahead of all the others, giving the actor a role of one of the leads’ close friend written specifically for him.
The movie follows young German woman Inge Altenberg arriving in rural Minnesota and encountering Norwegian farmer Olaf Torvik. The two soon find out they have a lot in common, which eventually leads to Olaf’s parents giving their permission for a marriage.
The wedding, however, isn’t happening anytime soon since Inge has no proper papers for it, and the two keep living together, despite the community ’s rising concern about the whole situation.
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Based on Charles Dickens’ third novel, the movie helped its leads Charlie Hunnam and Anne Hathaway rise to stardom, though it was also a period drama of a completely new level thanks to Alan Cumming.
The actor stars as dandyish Mr. Folair, a member of the Crummles Theatre Company who is never seen in anything else but his traditional Scottish costume.
The movie primarily follows Hunnam’s young Nicholas Nickleby whose family is left stranded when Nicolas’ father dies; the young man gets separated from the rest of the family and is sent to a school where his path towards freedom will be accompanied by hilarious plot twists.
Nicholas Nickleby eventually received positive reviews and is still an entertaining watch for those who love light-hearted period dramas with a star-studded cast.
