New York, April 25 -- Actor Alan Cumming has expressed excitement about reprising his role as Nightcrawler in the upcoming film 'Avengers: Doomsday', marking his return to the character more than 20 years after 'X2: X-Men United', according to People.

Speaking at the TIME100 Gala in New York City, Cumming described the experience of returning to the superhero universe as being part of a "superhero soup," noting that the large ensemble cast meant he filmed many of his scenes independently.

"There are thousands of them. I didn't work with that... we all did it sort of, well, I did my bits quite a lot on my own. There were a few I worked with, but it was really lovely to go back to something all those years later that I never thought I was...