A ranar 19 ga Maris, 2013, Entertainment Weekly ta sanar da cewa Shailene Woodley (wanda aka zaba kwanan nan, kuma yana yin fim, Divergent) zai yi wasa da Hazel Grace Lancaster. Daraktan Josh Boone ya ce: "Mun karanta kusan 'yan mata 150 don wannan rawar, kuma na ga kimanin 50 daga cikinsu. A cikin minti goma ko goma sha biyar na gwajin Shailene, na san cewa ita Hazel ce. Ta riƙe da shafukan rubutun ta kuma kawai idanunta suna kallo a kansu. "A ranar 10 ga Mayu, 2013, Ansel Elgort an zaba a matsayin ƙaunar Hazel, Augustus Waters. A ranar 23 ga Yuli, Laura Dern a matsayin mahaifiyar Hazel Lancaster, kuma a matsayin mahaifiyar Hazel Lancaster, Issac, abokiyar abokiyar Augustus.
Frannie Lancaster (Mai Rubuta Labarai)