Julia Garner Responds to Silver Surfer Backlash

Julia Garner has opened up astir nan contention surrounding her landing nan Silver Surfer role. As backlash stirred online complete her gender-swapped domiciled successful Fantastic Four: First Steps, nan character addressed nan contention astatine nan film’s London premiere. 

Fantastic Four’s Julia Garner says she’ll do her ‘job’ amid Silver Surfer backlash

Julia Garner has responded for nan first clip to nan backlash that followed her casting arsenic nan Silver Surfer successful Marvel’s upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps. While attending nan film’s London premiere, nan character made it clear that she was focused connected her work. 

Speaking to nan BBC, Garner shared, “Oh, well, you know. I said, ‘I’m conscionable going to still do my job.’” She besides clarified that she’s playing Shalla-Bal, a female type of nan Silver Surfer. Previous Fantastic Four films featured nan original antheral character, Norrin Radd. She said, “Also, it’s Shalla-Bal, truthful it’s different.”

Garner went connected to opportunity she appreciated nan excitement surrounding nan project. The character said, “I was conscionable happy that group are resonating pinch it, conscionable for illustration immoderate different project. I’m grateful to beryllium astatine this dance, to beryllium wholly honorable pinch you.”

The Emmy victor antecedently said to Entertainment Weekly astir her guidance to first disorder erstwhile first approached astir nan role. She said, “I was confused because I was like, ‘Wait, isn’t nan Silver Surfer a man?’ I was conscionable like, ‘Okay, well, I’ll play anything.’” Garner said she met pinch head Matt Shakman and learned from him that she would really beryllium portraying nan characteristic Shalla-Bal. 

To hole for her debut successful nan superhero genre, Garner focused connected nan root material. She shared, “I really dived in. I publication a batch of nan Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer comics earlier starting nan project. And I knew that this ‘Fantastic Four’ was going to beryllium told successful a very different measurement than moreover nan different movies.”

Garner stars alongside Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach successful Fantastic Four: First Steps. The movie hits theaters connected July 25.