Shalla-Bal, first seen in “The Silver Surfer” #1 in 1968, is the female counterpart to Norrin Radd, who was featured in 2007’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.” In that film, the humanoid alien was played by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne.

Julia Garner recently weighed in on the controversy surrounding her landing the Silver Surfer role. As backlash stirred online over her gender-swapped role in Fantastic Four: First Steps, the actress addressed the controversy at the film’s London premiere.