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The <\/span>Barbie<\/em><\/a> cast and crew is taking you behind the scenes of the stunning sets, costumes and props in a new featurette from the <\/span>record-breaking film<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n In ET’s exclusive clip, writer-director <\/span>Greta Gerwig<\/a> and stars <\/span>Margot Robbie<\/a>, <\/span>Ryan Gosling<\/a>, <\/span>America Ferrera<\/a>, <\/span>Simu Liu<\/a>, <\/span>Ariana Greenblatt<\/a>, <\/span>Michael Cera<\/a> and more marvel at the world of BarbieLand, most of which was constructed practically on sound stages by the film’s talented crew.<\/span><\/p>\n “Walking into those environments and feeling the kind of artistry and the love, the playfulness, it was so exciting,” marvels Gosling, the film’s central Ken.<\/span><\/p>\n Cera, who plays Ken’s BFF Allan, agrees, noting, “The fact that all of this is practical, and has been built, does a lot for the cast.”<\/span><\/p>\n Robbie brought the rights and executive produced the film under her LuckyChap Entertainment banner, which she founded in 2014 alongside husband Tom Ackerly. The couple’s inspiration for bringing <\/span>Barbie<\/span><\/em> to the big screen was a long time in the making, stretching all the way back to vintage Hollywood.<\/span><\/p>\n “We had a vision of old filmmaking techniques, and, as reference points, we watched a lot of old movie musicals,” Ackerly shares in the clip.<\/span><\/p>\n “I love the interiority of those musicals, and how they are ‘authentically artificial,'” Gerwig agrees, referencing a phrase that the crew said became something of a standby for her during production. “They have this heightened emotionality that comes from its artificiality.”<\/span><\/p>\n For Gerwig, the magic of BarbieLand was the most important piece of creating her toy-inspired cinematic masterpiece — which made her the <\/span>first female solo director<\/a> to surpass $1 billion at the box office last month.<\/span><\/p>\n “In a way, BarbieLand is a world without aging, it’s a world without death, it’s a world without mistakes,” she explains. “A big part of it was trying to make sure that I didn’t let the adult part of my brain take over and run the show. That I was like, ‘What did the little girl want?’ Iridescent purple and brighter, brighter pink.”<\/span><\/p>\n