“I don’t think that the ill or the dying are fundamentally ‘other’ from the healthy. “I wanted to write a cancer story, but I wanted to write a cancer story that was very conscious of cancer stories,” says Green. Schmaltzy Nicholas Sparks fantasy this is not. Through the dance of adolescent romance, the quick-witted pair grow closer as they struggle with the cards life’s dealt them. It follows Hazel (played in the film by Shailene Woodley), a 16-year-old terminal cancer patient who meets Augustus (Ansel Elgort) - aka Gus, a charming hottie who also has a history of cancer, and a missing leg to show for it - at a support group. “TFIOS,” as fans call it, bucks the YA trends that have dominated the last decade by subbing out vampires, magic and dystopian aggression for chemo. Now mania for the book has flooded over to the film - the trailer is the most-liked in YouTube’s history, with more than 19 million views to date. Green, 36, has become a cult hero, complete with 2.4 million Twitter followers. The book has more than 10.7 million copies in print worldwide and has been on the New York Times best seller list for more than 130 consecutive weeks. The new movie, which hits theaters this Friday, is based upon the wildly popular young adult novel by John Green. Such is the befuddling phenomenon that is “The Fault in Our Stars.” You’d think the scene was that of a “Hunger Games” premiere, not an early screening for a movie about kids with cancer (the actor was Nat Wolff, featured below).

In all directions, teenage girls wielding posters and lusty dreams stampeded out of their seats in hope of obtaining autographs and selfies. 'The Fault In Our Stars' wins big at MTV Movie AwardsĪs word spread through the theater that one of the actors from the film had entered the building, shrieks shook the room. Real-life 'Fault in Our Stars' couple dies days apart My wife faked cancer - her story ripped off 'The Fault in Our Stars'Įnough with heart-tugging films about quirky, terminally ill teens

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