The initial controversy reportedly stemmed from German member of parliament Antje Blumenthal, an authority on cults for the Christian Democratic Union and well-known opponent of Scientology, who had claimed that the German Defence Minister had assured her that the film would not be shot in the country.
Prvotne kontroverze navodno su potekle od njemačke članice parlamenta Antje Blumenthal, stručnjakinje za kultove Kršćanske demokratske unije (CDU) i poznate oponentice scijentologije, koja je tvrdila kako ju ju njemački ministar obrane uvjerio da film neće biti sniman u zemlji.