Christopher McQuarrie has issued a statement to Empire magazine clarifying the relationship between his “Mission: Impossible 7” production and a historic bridge in Poland. News surfaced last week that controversy was erupting around the filming of “Mission: Impossible 7” in Poland because the Tom Cruise-starring action tentpole intended to blow up a historic bridge in the village of Pilchowice. Locals were reportedly urging the film not to blow up the bridge, despite culture minister Pawel Lewandowsk claiming the bridge has no cultural value.
“Last week, a story broke in the press alleging that the producers of ‘Mission: Impossible’ had asked for permission to demolish a 111-year-old bridge in Poland and that, in so doing, we were destroying a piece of that wonderful country’s heritage in the name of entertainment,” McQuarrie writes in his statement. “I’ve read a lot of inaccurate stories in which I’m named and I normally just ignore them,...
“Last week, a story broke in the press alleging that the producers of ‘Mission: Impossible’ had asked for permission to demolish a 111-year-old bridge in Poland and that, in so doing, we were destroying a piece of that wonderful country’s heritage in the name of entertainment,” McQuarrie writes in his statement. “I’ve read a lot of inaccurate stories in which I’m named and I normally just ignore them,...
- 8/6/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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