Los Angeles: Actor Kodi Smit-McPhee will play the character Young Nightcrawler aka Kurt Wagner in 'X-Men: Apocalypse', reveals director Bryan Singer.

The 18-year-old actor, whose latest movie 'Slow West' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, will play the younger version of the character, whose older part was portrayed by Alan Cumming in 2003 instalment 'X-Men 2', reported Aceshowbiz.