Julia Garner Debuts as Silver Surfer in 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' Clip

Cannes, France. 18th May, 2025. Julia Garner attending the Kering Women In Motion dinner at 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May, 18, 2025. Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM Credit: Abaca Press/Alamy Live News
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Julia Garner makes her MCU debut as the Silver Surfer in a new ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ clip, warning Earth of Galactus.

Julia Garner is officially entering the MCU, and her Silver Surfer moment has arrived. In a newly released clip from The Fantastic Four: First Steps—set to hit theaters July 25—Garner’s Shalla-Bal (a gender-flipped version of the iconic Marvel character) descends to Earth with a chilling message: Galactus is coming. “Earth will be consumed… celebrate while you can,” she warns, calling Galactus a “universal force.”

The film introduces a retro-futuristic take on Marvel’s First Family, with Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, English actor Joseph QuinnJoseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm. English actor and narratorRalph Ineson plays Galactus, the cosmic threat looming over Earth.

Garner’s version of the Silver Surfer is a major shift from the comics’ Norrin Radd, giving the MCU’s next phase a fresh angle. She joins an ensemble that also includes Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne, and John Malkovich in undisclosed roles.