Every film I make has to come from a personal place, director Greta Gerwig said.

Barbie Land advisory: This article contains spoilers forBarbie.

Barbie’s emotional montage sequence holds special meaning for the cast and crew involved in the bubblegum pink production.

Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’

Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’.Warner Bros. Pictures

DirectorGreta Gerwighas confirmed that the sequence features the friends and family of the cast and crew.

“Movies, dolls: Human beings make them.

“Every film I make has to come from a personal place,” Gerwig added.

Barbie cast on the joys of creating a set that felt like being in a toy box

Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’.Warner Bros. Pictures

I’m a big believer in people being able to feel stuff like that through the screen.”

It’s clearBarbiecame from an intimate place for all involved.

“And then you move the pencils and the background goes.”

The movie, she said, allowed the production crew to tap into long-forgotten versions of themselves.

“It’s like they were finally flexing these amazing muscles they have.”

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