Alan Cumming Says He Kept in Touch with X2 Costars Over the Last 20 Years Since They Were ‘Bonded in Trauma’

>When asked what it was like to reconnect with past cast members, the Emmy winner notes that he has actually remained in contact with several of them over the last 20 years.

> “The ones that I did reunite with, I’ve seen them since,” he tells PEOPLE.

> “I also didn’t reunite with that many because we did it all sort of separately; it was a bit of a modern way of doing things,” he says. “I’m very chummy with Ian [McKellan], I’ve seen Rebecca [Romijn] over the years. Patrick [Stewart], I’ve seen quite a lot. Jimmy [Marsden], I’ve seen a lot of them actually.”

> “It’s one of those films where I think we all were so traumatized we were bonded in trauma, so we stayed in touch,” Cumming adds.