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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Sian Cain

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

Margot Robbie in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie movie
Barbie stars Margot Robbie in the titular role and Ryan Gosling as Ken. Photograph: Jaap Buitendijk

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.

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