Musi waMarch 19, 2013, Entertainment Weekly yakazivisa kuti Shailene Woodley (uyo akanga achangobva kuiswa, uye akanga achidhirowa, Divergent) aizotamba Hazel Grace Lancaster. Mutungamiri Josh Boone akati: "Takaverenga pedyo nevatambi vechikadzi 150 nokuda kwebasa racho, uye ndakaona vanenge 50 vavo. Mukati megumi kana gumi nemashanu emaminitsi eShailene's audition, ndakaziva kuti aiva Hazel. Akasimudza mapeji ake ekunyora uye maziso ake akanga achivatarisa. "
Frannie Lancaster