X2: X-Men United Is ‘The Gayest Film’ Alan Cumming Has Ever Done
comingsoon.netAs he looks back on his earlier projects, actor has opened up about the one particular movie that he thinks is “the gayest.”
The award-winning actor, who has been on a slew of iconic projects, came out publicly as bisexual back in the 1990s. Now serving as the host for the reality competition series The Traitors, which was renewed for Season 3 earlier this year, Cumming reflects on the roles he has played over the course of his career.
Out of all the movies the actor has been in, the 2003 Bryan Singer-directed X-Men film has been the “gayest film” so far, according to the Tony winner. For the longest time, the X-Men franchise has been loved, especially by the queer community, as it has been considered an allegory about the community’s experience.
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“Oh, I think the X-Men film I’m in is the gayest film that I’ve ever done, and that’s me saying that. It’s got a queer director, lots of queer actors in it. I love the fact that something so mainstream and so in the comic book world is so queer,” the actor told Entertainment Weekly. “I think, in a way, those sorts of films really help people understand queerness, because you can address it in an artistic way, and everyone is less scared of the concept. It’s an allegory about queerness, about people having these great gifts and really great, powerful things that they have to hide to exist. Queer people understand what that’s all about.”
Cumming has been in a number of notable projects all throughout his decades-long acting career, including Spice World (1997), GoldenEye (1995), Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997), Cabaret (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), The L Word (2006), and the musical comedy series Schmigadoon!.
While most of his roles helped hone Cumming into the actor he is today, he is arguably most known for portraying Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United. Unfortunately, the actor was not able to reprise his role as Nightcrawler in
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