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Cumming chopped from X-Men 3

Alan Cumming has been given his walking papers from the mansion of mutants.

Expected to reprise his role as Nightcrawler in "X-Men 3", Cumming has been told he’ll not be required back for the Brett Ratner helmed second sequel, says his official site and Coming Soon.

Cumming’s official site says : "EX X MAN!! Alan will NOT be appearing in X3. Fox has not picked up his option to play Nightcrawler for a second movie".

Funnily enough, even Variety mentioned that Cumming was one of the "X-Men 3" troops, in an item last month.

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