Silver Surfer Julia Garner describes process of learning “surf moves” for superhero role

"I have some friends that know how to surf..."

It is almost summertime, in the northern hemisphere, and with it picnicking with the family, beach days with friends and Hollywood blockbuster movie date nights at the theater. But you have certainly been following along with new drips from the mega-budget superhero film Fantastic Four: First Steps. It will be the third installment of the Fantastic Four franchise though a different tone from the previous ones, I think, and storming into theaters July, 25.

Pedro Pascal stars as Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Susan Storm, Ebron Moss-Bachrach as Thing and Julia Garner as Silver Surfer.

The acclaimed 31-year-old actress sat down, recently, with Entertainment Weekly to discuss her role as the galactic shredder, sharing that she thought Silver Surfer was a man but was excited to play the part anyhow. Asked if she surfs, she responded:

No, I am actually afraid of the ocean. So no, but I can act. I have some friends that know how to surf, and they showed me some moves before I went out to London to just kind of get the body position of it all. And then I realized shortly after I was in London that I used some surf moves, but then I also used a lot of what I saw in the comic books. There were different poses that, the way that they would draw them, they weren’t surf poses — they almost looked like something you would see in sculptures. So I incorporated surfing with the poses of a sculpture, like moving elegantly, like a dance. So it was kind of a mixture of things, but a lot of it was from the comics that inspired me.

I became very curious, after reading, about what her surfing friends showed her re. surf moves. Like, did they describe Adriano de Souza?

Maybe Felipe Toledo?

Possibly Kanoa Igarashi?

If you were asked to help define the Silver Surfer’s look, which examples of surf moves would you have provided?

Enjoy The Fantastic Four trailer while you think.