A man serving as a consultant for a fictional political thriller about the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions has been arrested in connection with the real-life sabotage of the infrastructure. The arrest took place in Zagreb, Croatia, where the film production—directed by Doug Liman and featuring actors Sean Penn and Adrien Brody—had been filming scenes involving extras dressed in Ukrainian military uniforms.

The 2022 Nord Stream explosions remain a subject of intense international investigation, with various theories regarding the perpetrators. While the film project is a fictionalized account of the event, the arrest of a consultant directly involved in the production has drawn attention to the intersection of the real-world investigation and the cinematic depiction of the event. The Guardian reports that the production had been filming near the Esplanade hotel, utilizing sandbags and barricades to simulate a military environment, which initially drew the attention of local residents before the connection to the arrest was made public.