na March 19, 2013, Entertainment Weekly kwupụtara na Shailene Woodley (onye a họpụtara n'oge na-adịbeghị anya, ma na-ese ihe nkiri, Divergent) ga-egwu Hazel Grace Lancaster. Onye nduzi Josh Boone kwuru, sị: "Anyị gụrụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ 150 ndị na-eme ihe nkiri maka ọrụ ahụ, m hụkwara ihe dị ka 50 n'ime ha. N'ime sekọnd iri ma ọ bụ iri na ise nke Shailene, amaara m na ọ bụ Hazel. O weliri peeji nke edemede ya ma anya ya na-ele ha anya. "Na May 10, 2013, a họpụtara Ansel Elgort dị ka mmasị ịhụnanya Hazel, Augustus Waters. Na July 23, 2013, onye edemede bụ́ John Green kwuru na ọ bụ ihe na-akpali akpali, enwere m obi ụtọ na m na-enweta ihe nkiri ndị a dị egwu na Peter Lancaster, na m hụrụ ihe dị ka 50 n'ime ha.
Frannie Lancaster