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

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 ...

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

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

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Julia Garner has responded to the initial backlash she faced for her casting in The Fantastic Four reboot. Last April, the 31-year-old Emmy-winning Ozark star joined the cast of Marvel Studios ’ new ...

Julia Garner’s casting as Shalla-Bal — the female Silver Surfer — has ignited online debate. But the actor isn’t backing down ...

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.

Julia Garner broke silence over the outrage caused by her casting as Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four: The First ...

Marvel Studios has released a new teaser for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and it finds Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) ...