Barbie Dreamhouse, movie set caused international pink paint shortage – realestate.com.au

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The Barbie set caused an international shortage. Pictures: Warner Bros Pictures via The Post

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Life may be fantastic when you’re plastic — but it can reap horrors on the global supply chain.

The production of the highly anticipated Barbie movie caused a very on-brand shortage, according to a new interview with the upcoming plastic doll biopic’s director.

“The world,” Greta Gerwig told Architectural Digest for a recent home profile of Barbie’s Dreamhouse, “ran out of pink.”

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Specifically, the film, set to star Aussie Margot Robbie in the leading role, ran out of a fluorescent shade of Rosco brand pink paint, which was used extensively on the film’s three-storey set at the Warner Bros. Studios lot just outside London, the Post reports.

In addition to being aggressively pink-coloured, the home of the “Barbie” protagonist is also not ideal for anyone who isn’t an exhibitionist.

Barbie looks out upon her kingdom. Picture: Warner Bros Pictures via The Post

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A prime pink play set of a property. Picture: Warner Bros Pictures via The Post

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“There are no walls and no doors,” the 39-year-old director told the publication. “Dreamhouses assume that you never have anything you wish was private — there is no place to hide.”

Production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer also cite the midcentury-modern homes of Palm Springs as major influences on the live-action doll house. Even the movie’s surroundings, with palm trees and mountains in the distance, resemble the Southern California resort city.

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Margot Robbie in a scene from “Barbie.” Picture: Warner Bros Pictures via The Post

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The “Barbie Way Cul-de-Sac” set in the upcoming film. Photo by Jaap Buitendijk – Instagram/@archdigest via Warner Bros Pictures.

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Their final creation, where Barbie will call home in the film — set to hit cinemas on July 21 — features a walk-in wardrobe with toy-box outfit displays, a slide-equipped pool, and first-level living and dining rooms, among other amenities.

And while this may be the most realistic, Greenwood and Spencer are far from the first to make the miniature Mattel abode a reality — with Barbie fans across the world doing their DIY version for years.

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One UK interior designer and fitness instructor converted her own “boring” beige crib into a “Barbie World” of her own, while a Brazilian TikTok creator spent almost $200,000 turning her property into a Barbie Dreamhouse.

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This story first appeared in The Post and was republished with permission.