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"The Fault In Our Stars author John Green participated in his very own Ask Me Anything on Reddit today, giving fans the chance to ask him all their burning questions. As you&amp;#039;d expect, there were a bunch about his beloved book-turned-movie, which resulted in some mind-blowing new revelations about The Fault In The Stars, and further proof that John Green might be the coolest human to ever exist. Check out the four biggest TFIOS secrets revealed during Green&amp;#039;s AMA.  On his favorite scene to see come to life in the movie version of TFIOS... &amp;quot;The cancer support group days with Mike Birbiglia and all the teens living with cancer were the coolest days for me to see come to life,&amp;quot; John wrote. &amp;quot;But really, every day was wonderful. It really was just a dream movie experience\u2014the opposite of what usually happens to authors\u2014and while the movie is not mine in any way, I&amp;#039;m so proud of the people who made it.&amp;quot; On how he came up with the idea for Hazel and Gus to connect over a book... &amp;quot;With An Imperial Affliction, I was trying to create a mirror to the story in TFIOS, so that Hazel would feel a deep connection to that story. Her fascination with what happens to Anna&amp;#039;s mother is, of course, really about what&amp;#039;s going to happen to Hazel&amp;#039;s own mother after she dies, and she sees in the ambiguity of the ending the ambiguity in her own life: Hazel will never be able to know for certain that her mom is going to be okay, because she&amp;#039;ll be gone,&amp;quot; John revealed. &amp;quot;When I went back to the story (I&amp;#039;d been trying to write something similar off and on for ten years) in 2010, I started thinking that maybe Hazel and Gus could be joined by a book that Hazel found particularly powerful, and that maybe their Wish could be to meet the author of that book. I&amp;#039;m sure that was in my mind partly because I&amp;#039;d been part of my friend Esther&amp;#039;s [who inspired TFIOS] wish.&amp;quot; On coming up with the name for Hazel&amp;#039;s character... &amp;quot;One of the benefits of naming characters that you don&amp;#039;t have when, say, naming a baby, is that you actually know the person when you name them. So you can use the name to reflect stuff about them,&amp;quot; John said. &amp;quot;Like, take Hazel: Hazel is an in-between color, and she&amp;#039;s in between a lot of things: In between healthy and sick, in between adulthood and childhood, in between breathing air and breathing water, etc. So that seemed like a small way of communicating the instability and fear (but also excitement) of that time of life.&amp;quot; On coming up with the name for Augustus&amp;#039; character... &amp;quot;Augustus is the name of Roman emperors, right? It&amp;#039;s a grand name associated with traditional notions of greatness. But Gus is a kid&amp;#039;s name. It&amp;#039;s short and cute. In the novel, he makes the journey from strength to weakness, which is the opposite of the usual hero&amp;#039;s journey. He starts out this confident, pretentious kid who&amp;#039;s extremely performative in his every action. And then he becomes vulnerable. He becomes cracked open,&amp;quot; John explained. &amp;quot;For Gus, this is a brutal process. (Remember that moment toward the end when he says to Hazel, &amp;quot;You used to call me Augustus?&amp;quot;) But his ability to be in it with her, and to allow himself to love and be loved despite the loss of the self he so carefully cultivated, is to my mind way more heroic than those traditional notions of Great Men Doing Great Things.&amp;quot; Are you surprised by any of John&amp;#039;s TFIOS revelations? What&amp;#039;s your fave part of the book? Sound off in the comments below! MORE:  Juicy Behind-The-Scenes Scoop From The Fault In Our Stars Set 3 Reasons The TFIOS Movie Will Be Just As Epic As The Book The Bizarre TFIOS Ending That Almost Was "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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