"I was like, 'I don't know how he will hire me for this job,'" Garner said of speaking with director Matt Shakman.

A Silver Surfer spinoff movie is the perfect place to introduce a major Marvel character missing from the MCU's The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

In First Steps, Garner plays Shalla-Bal, the immortal empress of the plant Zenn-La and Norrin’s lover. In the comics, Norrin becomes the Silver Surfer after becoming the herald of Galactus in exchange for him sparing their planet. The sacrifice meant the lovers were separated for eternity.