The Fault in Our Stars - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[addison]

The film that Hazel and Gus watch together on the plane is Aliens (1986).

[leo]

The character of Augustus Waters originally had deep blue eyes according to John Green's novel but in the film, Ansel Elgort retained his natural, hazel colored eyes.

[chris]

(at around 1 min 36 sec) While Hazel and her mother are at the mall, on the table between them are two plastic giraffes humping. This may be an Easter egg for the nerdfighters, the name for vlogbrothers fans. The two giraffes refer to the fact that the vlogbrothers placed giraffe sex thumbnails on some of their videos even though they have nothing to do with the videos' content.

[nina]

Hazel Grace Lancaster's last name is actually a playful nodge to the lead's health problem, lung cancer.

[kristen]

Green added via Twitter about Shailene Woodley's audition for the role of Hazel, "There were so many amazing auditions for the role of Hazel, but Shailene's love for the book and her understanding of Hazel blew me away."

[kristina]

At a point of the movie, Peter Van Houten ( Willem Dafoe ) talks to Hazel about the Trolley Problem. The Trolley Problem is a mental exercise in ethics presented by Philippa Foot in 1967. It poses a situation involving a runaway trolley that is bearing down on a group of five incapacitated people laying on one set of tracks while a single incapacitated person lays on a parallel track. You have the option to pull a lever and switch the trolley to the parallel track. You are then faced with the dilemma of doing nothing, in which case five people will die, or pulling the lever, in which case one person will die.While Van Houten might have been referring to the most obvious meaning of this exercise, he might have been referring to its deeper meaning instead, which is not about sacrificing someone else, but having the moral courage to sacrifice oneself and to be willing to suffer the consequences by confronting the problem at all. The focus of the Trolley Problem is not on the victims but on the person confronted with the problem.

[kenzi]

When Hazel is in the ICU, her nails are painted a dark blue color (as mentioned by Gus in his eulogy letter at the end of the movie). However, when you are in the hospital, especially with breathing problems, you are not allowed to have your nails painted (so the oxygen saturation reader can pick up the oxygen levels through your nail). If you are rushed to the ER like Hazel was, they immediately take off the nail polish - at least one nail without nail polish is needed --index, middle or ring -- if not possible, your big toe's nail is used.

[sandra]

When Nat Wolff was being upset and playing video games after his break up, he was actually singing his own song Rules that was written by himself and his brother Alex Wolff.

[jesse]

Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort were the only American cast members who actually made the trip to film in Amsterdam.

[veronica]

In the book, Augustus introduces Hazel to his favourite band The Hectic Glow and they listen to their music together. Even though this conversation is never shown in the movie, the band's poster can still be seen on the wall in Hazel's bedroom.

[bernice]

In the book, Hazel leaves a note telling her parents that she will be back because she is helping Gus. In the movie, it cuts to her rushing to Gus.

[nina]

In the book, Augustus describes Hazel as resembling Natalie Portman from V for Vendetta (2005). Although this is never mentioned in the movie, a poster of V for Vendetta can be seen in Gus' bedroom.

[gerald]

Dutch actress Lotte Verbeek actually filmed most of her scenes in Pittsburgh as Pittsburgh doubled for many scenes set in Amsterdam. This would include the interior of Peter Van Houten's house as well as the interior of the Anne Frank House. She returned to Pittsburgh a year later to work on The Last Witch Hunter (2015).

[sylvia]

In the book, Gus says that he was originally interested in Hazel because she looked like his ex-girlfriend, who died from a brain tumor. He explains that his ex was very mean to him (called him "stumpy," etc.) because she didn't know what she was saying (due to the tumor). In the movie, his ex is not mentioned.

[terry]

Nat Wolff plays another John Green-written character, Quentin Jacobsen, in Paper Towns (2015).

[melinda]

John Green was actually present most of the time during filming to give tips and advice to the cast.

[willard]

Soon after the film's release, the street bench on which Gus and Hazel had their embrace was stolen. A few months later, it was replaced by the city of Amsterdam. Since the film's release, the bench had quickly become something of a landmark for fans of the film, where they frequently come to take pictures of themselves while re-enacting the scene.

[darrell]

In Divergent (2014), Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort play brother and sister, while in this movie, they play boyfriend and girlfriend.

[bryan]

A replica of the interiors of the Anne Frank house had to be built as the movie was denied permission to film inside the actual house.