She falls in love with Norrin Radd, who is the original Silver Surfer in the comics. He is turned into the cosmic power being after offering to become Galactus' herald, in return for sparing Shalla-Bal's home planet. Footage from First Steps sees that Shalla-Bal has seems to be the one who has taken on this mantle instead.

But it was a little odd to hear that Marvel also planned to make the Fantastic Four a major part of the MCU’s future. Even though the Fantastic Four have always been prominent in Marvel’s comics, the characters — created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee — had never translated well to the big screen.

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.”

First Steps" debuts a new crew of Marvel villains. Here's an exclusive sneak peek at Mole Man, Silver Surfer and Galactus.

Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach give new, old-fashioned life to the Fantastic Four.

Michael Chiklis, who played Ben Grimm/The Thing in 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four, shared a heartfelt message to the cast of Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps. “I want to thank everyone for all the Fantastic Four love this last couple of months during the run up to the new F4 flick,

The Silver Surfer (Julia Garner) warns of the coming Galactus in "The Fantastic Four: First Steps," starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the four stars of the film – we're assuming that means Alex Hyde-White (Reed Richards), Jay Underwood (Johnny Storm), Michael Bailey Smith (Ben Grimm), and Rebecca Staab (Sue Storm) – have a cameo in the upcoming Marvel Phase 6 movie.