Alan Cumming Reveals How Halle Berry Lashed Out At Director Bryan Singer

Alan Cumming's memoir titled "Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life" will be released next week. Apparently, one of the things he talks about in the book is an incident in which Halle Berry lashed out at director Bryan Singer.

Cumming, who played Nightcrawler in the 2003 movie "X2: X-Men United," reveals in his book that the cast members were worried about their health and safety while filming the movie. He even admits to "using painkillers at that time."

One day, all cast members, including him, Berry, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, James Marsden and Famke Janssen, confronted the director. According to him, Berry "spoke movingly of people she had known with drug issues" while he explained how the cast had been anxious about their health.

"You people … are full of f--king s--t!" the director told them after taking a pause, the "Son of the Mask" star recalls in his book.

The actor further writes that the director said none of the cast members ever made a "decent film" and they should consider themselves "lucky" they were working with him.

"I've heard enough," Berry told the director as she was leaving. "You can kiss my black a--."

In September 2020, Berry admitted in an interview that she'd said a "few cuss words" to the director.

"I would sometimes be very angry with him," the actress told Variety. "I got into a few fights with him, said a few cuss words out of sheer frustration. When I work, I'm serious about that. And when that gets compromised, I get a little nutty."

"But at the same time, I have a lot of compassion for people who are struggling with whatever they're struggling with, and Bryan struggles," she added.

Berry will be next seen in the movie "Bruised," which will also mark her directorial debut. The movie is slated for release on Nov. 17.

Cumming, on the other hand, will appear in the movie "Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men." He will also feature in flicks such as "Run," "Going Back" and "Bright in a Hollow Sky."

His book, "Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life," will hit bookstands on Oct. 26. It is "an intimate look at the making of a man, an actor, an advocate — and most importantly — a happy human being," according to award-winning author Douglas Stuart.