Unbelievable 4’s Julia Garner Teases Her Tac...

Julia Garner (Wolf Man) lately sat down with Entertainment Weekly to offer some perception on her tackle the mysterious Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: The First Steps.

Like many followers with solely informal information of the comics and past films from Marvel and Fox, she assumed the Silver Surfer was a male character—however then admitted, “I used to be similar to, ‘Okay, effectively, I’ll play something.’”

It helped that she was already a “massive fan” of Unbelievable 4 director Matt Shakman. “There was already, in my thoughts, like, ‘I ought to most likely meet with Matt Shakman as a result of he’s a really sensible director and I really like his work.’ After which he was explaining to me that [the film’s Silver Surfer is] truly Shalla-Bal and that complete factor.”

Garner discovered extra about this model of the Silver Surfer after studying the script for the movie, although she couldn’t reveal an excessive amount of. “It’s going to be actually attention-grabbing … it was described as, there’s this thriller about her, and there’s this sense of this ambiguous power occurring of whether or not she’s good or not. She is the herald of Galactus, so she works for Galactus, however you’re unsure the place she stands. Does she stand together with her boss, or is she simply doing what she’s informed? She has this mysterious power about her, and slowly that thriller will get solved with the viewers all through watching it.”

Diving into the comic-book history of Shalla-Bal was essential for Garner—although in Marvel Studios newest, issues get switched up a bit for the character. “What makes this model completely different is that the film is simply completely different. To start with, I’m a girl, in order that’s already completely different, and that hasn’t been informed earlier than. This Silver Surfer feels extra mysterious in a manner, even the way it was written, than the opposite ones. Additionally, simply the world feels so completely different with the Nineteen Sixties retro futurism occurring. The viewers goes to get a totally completely different expertise with this film, in order that they’ll have a clear palette.”

She continued, intentionally vaguely: “All I can say is that she works for Galactus and that she’s mysterious, and the character will unfold extra in the direction of the top of the film. That’s all I can say. I do know it’s a really Marvel tease, but additionally it’s like an actual tease. I haven’t seen the film myself!”

Unbelievable 4: The First Steps opens July 25.

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