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

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

Julia Garner just shut down critics of her Silver Surfer casting with a single, subtle comic book reference, and she didn’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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