The company that provided the paint used for the set of the upcoming Barbie movie has responded to claims that it caused an international shortage of pink paint.
During an interview with Architectural Digest, director Greta Gerwig and the film’s production designer Sarah Greenwood, spoke about the construction of Barbieland, which is decked out almost entirely in fluorescent pink.
In the interview, Greenwood, a six-time Oscar nominee, claimed that the film had caused an international shortage of pink paint, telling the publication: “The world ran out of pink,”
Now, Lauren Proud, vice-president of global marketing at Rosco, the paint company used by the film, has clarified Greenwood’s remarks.
Ms Proud confirmed the film “used as much paint as we had”, but explained that production on Barbie had coincided with wider global supply chain problems during Covid-19, as well as extreme weather in Texas in early 2021, which had affected vital materials used to create the paint.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, she said: “There was this shortage and then we gave them everything we could – I don’t know they can claim credit, [but] they did clean us out on paint.”
The film, which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is due to be released in UK cinemas nationwide from July 26.
