First Steps, Silver Surfer and Fantastic Four
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First Steps" hit theaters, Silver Surfer was a viral hit. Julia Garner spills on her inspirations in becoming Shalla-Bal.
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As the filmmaker’s three-year journey wound down on the project, he realized a key moment was missing, and managed to shoot it within a few months of the film's opening.
In addition to setting up Galactus and the Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four: First Steps finds time to tease another major villain.
First Steps avoids the worst MCU habits, embraces classic family values, and aims high with cosmic stakes—but familiar missteps in the final act diminish what could have been.
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Julia Garner responds to backlash over Silver Surfer gender-swap casting in ‘Fantastic Four’
Garner also noted that she’s portraying Shalla-Bal, a female iteration of the Silver Surfer, and not Norrin Radd, the male version of the character who was played Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne in 2007’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.”
Is the new “Fantastic Four” movie fantastic? No, and not everyone will love the amount of downtime in this one. But good is good enough for a Marvel superhero movie these days.
First Steps" has a thrilling ending that teases Dr. Doom and where the MCU goes from here in "Avengers: Doomsday."