5 Crazy Facts About The Barbie Movie That You Have To Know

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1. Shortage of Pink Paint?

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According to the Los Angeles Times the film’s production designer, Sarah Greenwood, spoke to Architectural Digest earlier this week about the immense amounts of pink that were required for the set. During the interview Greenwood, a six-time Oscar nominee, claimed the film had caused an international shortage.

"The world ran out of pink,” she told the magazine.

2. Movie Church

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According to the Insider during pre-production and while filming "Barbie," Gerwig asked the cast to attend her "movie church" every Sunday, where they'd watch a movie that inspired her while writing the script with her partner, Noah Baumbach. According to Vogue's Abby Aguirre, they watched a lot of "old soundstage Technicolor musicals" like "The Red Shoes" and "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" to grasp the balance between artificial worlds and reality.

3. Robbie's real feet

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According to the Insider when the "Barbie" trailer was released, a shot of Robbie's arched feet defying gravity as she stepped out of her heels set the internet on fire. The "I, Tonya" star confirmed that those are her real feet, and that no special effects were involved in the scene.

4. Always wear pink on Wednesdays

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According to the Insider on Wednesdays, the cast and crew had to wear pink on set, according to Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie.

Gosling first told People about the rule, explaining that those that did not wear pink were fined by Robbie.

"She would go around collecting the fines, and she would donate it to a charity," he added.

5. Robbie begged for Aqua

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According to the Insider Robbie told Rolling Stone that she was adamant that Aqua's 1997 hit "Barbie Girl" be in the film.

"I was like, 'Greta, how are we going to incorporate this song? We can't do a Barbie movie and not have a nod to Aqua's 'Barbie Girl.' It has to be in there,'" she said.

When she found out that Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj were going to do a remake of the song, she recalled getting excited because she knew her friends "were going to lose their minds" about it.