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

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 ...

Julia plays a different version of the character, named Shalla-Bal, a female Silver Surfer, as per the Marvel Comics.

The actress focused on her job rather than paying attention to the ridiculous criticism which tried to smirch a beloved ...

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

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Julia Garner has responded to the backlash she's faced for playing the Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Back then, the character was portrayed as a male, with actor Doug Jones playing it on the screen and Laurence Fishburne voicing it. And as Marvel has now changed Silver Surfer into a female in the new ...

Julia Garner is responding to criticism of her role in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The Ozark actress, who plays the Silver Surfer in the upcoming Marvel Studios sci-fi adventure, offered her ...

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.