Alan Cumming calls X-Men sequel X2 the 'gayest' film that he's ever made: 'It's an allegory about queerness'

Daily Mail ^ | June 17, 2024 | Kevin Kayhart

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Alan Cumming has declared that the 2003 X-Men movie X2 is 'the gayest film that I've ever done.'

The Scottish actor and television personality followed up by adding, 'And that's me saying that,' during the conversation to promote his reality competition series The Traitors.

'It's got a queer director, lots of queer actors in it,' he said while making his case to Entertainment Weekly. 'I love the fact that something so mainstream and so in the comic book world is so queer.'

He went on to explain, '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,' Cumming, 59, added. 'Queer people understand what that's all about.'

In the film Cumming plays Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler, a bright blue mutant with the ability to teleport himself and others instantly from one location to another.

[T.B. Yoits]

Because Europe was a decade ahead of the United States when it came to grooming children.

[wardaddy]

They don’t care
The usual suspects insist on woke films

It only takes couple of hits to offset the crap

Usually

[discostu]

No. Because it 95% British bands and the music industry wasn’t that global back then.