The Fantastic Four First Steps trailer reveals the movie’s villain, watch | Hollywood News
Marvel is gearing up for another major release this year, as they just dropped the new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. With the trailer, the studio has finally unveiled the antagonist of the film, and it is none other than Shalla Bal, better known as Silver Surfer. The Empress of the planet Zenn-La will be enacting the will of Galactus by destroying Earth in order for him to consume it, while Marvel’s first family will play defence. Played by Julia Garner, Shalla was actually Norin Radd’s (the original Silver Surfer) love interest, and both of them were separated when Radd decided to join Galactus in exchange for their planet being left alone. Hence, the reason behind Shalla helping Galactus is still unclear, but her intentions certainly aren’t. In the trailer, the Surfer descends down and asks the Fantastic Four, “Are you the protectors of this world?” To which Susan, played by Vanessa Kirby, answers, “Yes, we are.” The Surfer proceeds to tell them exactly what she is here to do and announces that …
