Barbie film required so much pink paint it contributed to worldwide shortage

The set designers had secured just enough paint for production on the film to go ahead

In the interview, Greenwood, a six-time Oscar nominee, said the film had caused an international shortage of pink paint. 

Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie film required so much pink paint during construction that it wiped out an entire company’s global supply.

Speaking to Architectural Digest, Gerwig and the film’s production designer Sarah Greenwood, spoke about the construction of Barbieland, which is almost entirely fluorescent pink, from the lifesize versions of the doll’s famous “Dreamhouse” to the roads and lamp-posts.