The new version of “Fantastic Four” will feature a female actress playing the character of the Silver Surfer, delving deeper into Marvel lore to justify the gender switch.
The November 2023 rumor turned out to be true after industry insiders tipped off fans about the possibility of a gender switch in Marvel’s reboot. In fact, this rumor dates back to 2019. Reporter Mikey Sutton claimed: The new Fantastic Four movie will begin with power shifting from the Silver Surfer to a female character.
The Silver Surfer is played by Emmy Award-winning actress Julia Garner. deadline First reported. The announcement prompted fans to question why a typically male character would be played by a woman.
In the 2007 movie,Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver SurferThe title character of “ was played by doug jones And the one who spoke out was Laurence Fishburneneither of whom are women.
However, it is actually another female character who takes on the role of Silver Surfer, and the legitimacy of that character is very ambiguous.
The character’s name is Shara Baland fans will have to dig deep into the archives to find instances when she took over the role.
Shara Bal was first introduced in the debut issue of Silver Surfer Comics in 1968, and spent five decades in comic book lore as Silver Surfer’s love interest.
as border to comics According to reports, the character has spent very minimal time as the Silver Surfer and has never spent any time in Marvel’s main timeline/universe.
Shara Bal appeared in the role in the last two issues of “” in 1997.earth x”, she was temporarily given the powers of the Silver Surfer so she could stop the invading army.
The character’s time as the Silver Surfer since 1968 totals about four pages over two issues.
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Despite the technicalities, Deadline cited an inside source saying the character is Shara Bal’s version of the Silver Surfer. Reimagining a series like Fantastic Four, which hasn’t been shown in 10 years, requires the film to unfold in the exact timeline of that particular moment, with an explanation of why the Silver Surfer is a woman. There is. .
Viewers will have to wait for specific details, but the internet is already having a heated debate about whether this character is the new woke choice by Marvel and Disney. This is despite the fact that both companies have been nearly, if not completely, undefeated in recent years when it comes to using Kathleen Kennedy’s storytelling techniques.
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