I te 19 o Maehe, 2013, i kii a Entertainment Weekly ko Shailene Woodley (i whakawhiwhia i mua tata nei, e kiriata ana hoki i te Divergent) ka takaro i a Hazel Grace Lancaster. I kii te Kaiwhakahaere a Josh Boone: "I panuihia e matou tata ki te 150 nga kaiwhakaari mo te mahi, a ka kite ahau mo te 50 o era. I roto i te tekau ki te tekau ma rima hēkona o te whakaaturanga a Shailene, i mohio ahau ko Hazel ia. I whakaarahia e ia ona whaarangi tuhinga ana ka titiro noa ona kanohi ki a raatau. "I te 10 o Mei, 2013, i whakauruhia a Ansel Elgort hei aroha aroha a Hazel, Augustus Waters. I te Hōngongoi 23, i uru atu a Laura Dernenes ki te kaiwhakaari hei whaea o Hazel, a Frannie Lancaster, me te kaituhi a Issac, hoa pai a Augustus Wolff. I kii a John Green ki a HuffPost: "He tino harikoa, he tino waimarie ahau.
Ko Frannie Lancaster