Nightcrawler Will Be a Swashbuckler in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

I've been a huge fan of X-Men since I was a child. My brother used to collect comics that I would often steal and read. I especially loved the series X-Caliber. It introduced some fun and interesting characters and turned Nightcrawler into a total badass. He was funny, sincere, and wielded a sabre like some kind of demonic pirate.

Well, fans of this kind of Nightcrawler will be pleased to hear that the new Nightcrawler in the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse will be a lot more like that. In a recent interview with JoBlo, actor Kodi Smit-McPhee said:

“I believe we kind of get to see the side of Nightcrawler that we love so much in the comics,” says Smit-McPhee. “The more vulnerable, swashbuckling, joyous, random, personality that we love, but also so grounded in his faith at a young age as well, as we went with the choice to still have the designs. So, it’s a mix of ideas, but uh, something that I believe is pretty faithful to what the fans enjoy and, um, something that I can kind of relate to as well, so…”

This is so exciting to hear. Personally, I loved Alan Cumming's portrayal of Nightcrawler in X-Men 2, but one thing I always thought that was missing was more of the swordplay and swashbuckling. We'll have to see the movie to see how much of that ends up in the final film. Check out the full interview at JoBlo for more info on Nightcrawler and many other of the characters of X-Men: Apocalypse, which arrives in theaters on May 19th.