Shalla-Bal, first seen in “The Silver Surfer” #1 in 1968, is the female counterpart to Norrin Radd, who was featured in 2007’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.” In that film, the humanoid alien was played by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne.

"I said, 'I'm just going to still do my job,'" she said of the backlash. The 2007 film featured Norrin Radd, the original Silver Surfer from the comics. He was played by Doug Jones through motion capture and voiced by Laurence Fishburne in the film. First Steps brings to the screen Shalla-Bal, another version of the character from Marvel Comics.