Kodi Smit-McPhee to play Nightcrawler in 'X-Men: Apocalypse'

Kodi Smit-McPhee has been cast in X-Men: Apocalypse.
The 18-year-old actor will star as a young version of Kurt Wagner, aka Nightcrawler. Alan Cumming portrayed an older version of the character in X2 (2003), which saw the mutant brainwashed into an assassination attempt on the president.
"Excited to welcome @kodismitmcphee to the cast of #XmenApocalypse as young #Nightcrawler," director Bryan Singer announced Tuesday on Instagram.
"I am humbled and honored to be joining this incredible project and to be able to tell the story of the well respected young mutant Nightcrawler," Smit-McPhee wrote in response to the news. "Thank you @Bryanjaysinger, and the passionate Xmen fans."