Julia Garner Talks About Her Role As Silver Surfer In Fantastic Four: First Steps

In a recent interview actress Julia Garner opens up about her role as Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Garner spoke to EW ahead of the movie’s release this July.

“She’s so different than anyone I’ve ever played, and that was also another reason why I wanted to do it,” Garner tells EW. “I don’t expect everybody to watch Ozark or [Inventing] Anna or The Assistant. Some people are only going to watch certain things, so that’s why I want to branch out to every genre, and that’s one of the reasons why I wanted to do Marvel — it’s reaching a different kind of audience.”

Garner says though she knew who the Surfer was, she took a deep dive after bieng cast.

“I knew the basics of certain comic book characters, [and that] there was the Marvel world and the DC world, and they’re very different. I knew about some of the famous comic book characters, some of them I didn’t know. So when I got presented with this opportunity, I was like, “Wait, what? Me?” Yeah, I was in disbelief, almost because it was so cool. I knew who the Silver Surfer was, and I got to know the Silver Surfer more when I signed on to the project. So, I really dived in. I read a lot of the Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer comics before starting the project, and I knew that this Fantastic Four was going to be told in a very different way than even the other movies.”

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One aspect Garner was unaware of was the Shalla-Bal version of surfer form the comics. 

“Well, there were certain things that were very important to know prior to signing on — I did not know that there was Shalla-Bal, for example, another form of a Silver Surfer that’s not like what you think of the Silver Surfer. The best parts of the comics I noticed, for me, and it’s the same when you watch the movies, is when it’s surfing around space. Aesthetically, it looks incredible, and I’m just really excited to see what [director] Matt [Shakman] and Marvel is going to do with that.”

Garner also pointed out she hasn’t seen the film yet, so some of what she shot she’s still to see realized on screen.

“I’m excited to see it — I really haven’t seen anything besides the trailer and some mockup scenes, so it’s going to be interesting.”

Finally, a tease of what is to come from Silver Surfer in the film.

“It’s going to be really interesting — I have to be so cryptic about everything, otherwise I’m going to have Marvel come after me. But it was described as there’s this mystery about her, and there’s this sense of this ambiguous energy going on of whether she’s good or not. She is the herald of Galactus, so she works for Galactus, but you’re not sure where she stands. Does she stand with her boss, or is she just doing what she’s told? She has this mysterious energy about her, and slowly that mystery will get solved with the audience throughout watching it.”

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