Greta outs Barbie secret

Greta Gerwig. Pic/AFP

Greta Gerwig recently spilled a surprising secret about her blockbuster movie, Barbie. The director, 40, revealed that she opted to do her own research during the film's opening weekend in July by hiding in the back of theatres to witness the audience's reactions first-hand. "I went around to different theatres and sort of stood in the back, and would then also turn up the volume if I felt it wasn't playing at the perfect level," she recalled during a screen talk on Sunday at the BFI London Film Festival.

Gerwig also shared that during one of the screenings, she heard a woman cracking up over a particularly zingy one-liner about the Proust Barbie. "And I was like, ‘That joke was for you!'" she told the festival audience. The director added that the film was "the most joyful" experience she has ever had on a set. "I thought, if I can make a movie that is half as fun to watch as it was to make, I think maybe we've got a shot," she said. Gerwig also admitted that she sometimes dealt with self-doubt about the script and some of her creative choices.

While she continues to bask in Barbie's success, Gerwig is working on something new. "I'm in the writing process," she said at the festival, adding that she is still grappling with self-doubt. "It's hard because I'm having recurring nightmares."

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