In a red-carpet interview with the BBC at the “First Steps” premiere in London, a reporter asked Garner about the response ...

Actress Julia Garner, who is set to play the role of Silver Surfer in the upcoming film 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps', ...

"I said, 'I'm just going to still do my job,'" she said of the backlash. The 2007 film featured Norrin Radd, the original ...

Shalla-Bal, first seen in “The Silver Surfer” #1 in 1968, is the female counterpart to Norrin Radd, who was featured in ...

Garner also noted that she’s portraying Shalla-Bal, a female iteration of the Silver Surfer, and not Norrin Radd, the male ...

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Shalla-Bal was the Zenn-Lavian royal heir and romantic partner of a brilliant scientist from the utopian planet of Zenn-La ...

Julia Garner opens up about the controversy related to her female Silver Surfer in Marvel Studios' upcoming The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie.

Also, as Garner pointed out, she’s playing Silver Surfer alter-ego Shalla-Bal in the new film, not Norrin Radd.

Matt Shakman is the director of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. While Shakman only has one feature movie directing credit on ...

J ulia Garner, who plays Shalla Bal—a version of the Silver Surfer—in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, made her first press ...

Julia Garner, known for her roles in 'Ozark' and 'Inventing Anna', speaks out about the backlash over her casting as ...