Margot Robbie channels the 1960s Sparkling Pink Barbie for the Barbie press conference in Seoul, South Korea on Monday (July 3).

The 33-year-old actress, who celebrated her birthday just the night before at the premiere, joined co-star America Ferrera and director Greta Gerwig.

In a new interview with Variety, Greta opened up about Margot feeling self conscious at one point in filming the movie.

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Greta told the outlet that it was the scenes they had filmed in Venice Beach when Margot and Ryan Gosling were in their bright neon roller skating looks.

“How Barbie operates in Barbieland is she’s entirely continuous with her environment,” Greta explained. “Even the houses have no walls, because you never need to hide because there’s nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed of. And suddenly finding yourself in the real world and wishing you could hide, that’s the essence of being human. But when we were actually shooting on Venice Beach, with Margot and Ryan in neon rollerblading outfits, it was fascinating because it was actually happening in front of us.”

She then recalled how “people would go by Ryan, high-five him, and say, ‘Awesome, Ryan, you look great!’ And they wouldn’t actually say anything to Margot.”

“They’d just look at her,” she says, adding that it was “just surreal. In that moment, she did feel self-conscious. And as the director, I wanted to protect her. But I also knew that the scene we were shooting had to be the scene where she felt exposed. And she was exposed, both as a celebrity and as a lady.”

Barbie opens on July 21.

FYI: Margot wore a Moschino look.

Check out 10+ pictures of Margot Robbie and America Ferrera at the Barbie press conference in Seoul…