Following reports that Mission: Impossible 7 tried to get permission to blow up a historically significant bridge in Poland against the wishes of the Polish public and government, director Christopher McQuarrie commented on the matter, revealing that there is a lot more to the story than initially reported.

Writing for Empire, McQuarrie said that "there was never a plan to blow up a 111-year-old protected monument" and that the real account is "a pretty good story (with a twist) and to the best of my knowledge it's true, so bear with me."

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According to McQuarrie, when he and the crew were first mapping out the film, they "had a rough concept for a sequence involving a bridge over a body of water, ideally one that could be (spoiler alert) partially destroyed. While we doubted such a thing would be possible, a broad search was initiated in the unlikely event that any country anywhere in the world might have a bridge that needed getting rid of."

Someone from Poland responded to their request with "a non-functioning railroad bridge" in an area of the country that "was eager to promote tourism. Local roads being what they are, their best chance to do this rested in revitalizing an outdated rail system. This included replacing the main decking of the bridge in question, which engineers had deemed structurally unsound." The agreement was that they "could only destroy the already unsafe portions of the bridge that needed to be rebuilt, and not the original stone pilings at either end, upon which a new bridge could one day be constructed." The film agreed to those terms and offered to "offset any damage the very necessary demolition of the bridge might cause." Furthermore, the bridge is located above a man-made lake, making it easy for the crew to "take steps to protect the surrounding environment."

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The deal left the Polish representatives and the film's crew satisfied. Poland would get a pathway to a new bridge and an injection into the economy, while the production crew would capture a shot of a real bridge exploding for the film.

However, a disgruntled individual who "claimed they were owed a job on the production for which we felt they were not adequately qualified" retaliated when they were not hired, attempting to have the bridge "landmarked in the hopes of preventing it from ever being removed and rebuilt." They also harassed members of the production "publicly and anonymously on social media, as well as privately."

McQuarrie also clarified that the bridge they want to blow up was not entirely built in 1906 as its historical defenders claim. That bridge was already partially destroyed by the Germans in World War II before being rebuilt.

"We would never under any circumstances dream of intentionally causing harm to the cultural or historical landmarks we visit, and take great pains to protect those landmarks we feature," McQuarrie concluded. "To respect and celebrate the places we film is our prime directive. No one involved in the production asked for permission to destroy a historically significant landmark in Poland. In all sincerity, our only agenda is to tell an engaging story as authentically as we can and hopefully entertain the hell out of you. We still very much hope we can come to Poland, work with the good people there, and help in any way we can the local environment and economy."

Mission: Impossible 7 stars Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Henry Czerny, Nicolas Hoult, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff and Shea Whigham. The film arrives in theaters Nov. 19, 2021, while Mission: Impossible 8 releases on Nov. 4, 2022.

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