Shailene Woodley reportedly begged for her role as Hazel in the film adaptation of John Green’s best-selling novel The Fault in Our Stars.
According to Perez Hilton, the “Descendents” star wrote to John Green begging him for the role.
I'm obsessed with you and your book,” she wrote. “And I would do anything to be a part of it. Please let me audition for you.”
Apparently John Green wrote back saying he’d love for her to audition but that he was not the casting director for the movie. However, he was present for her audition and commented on her audition on his official Tumblr earlier today saying,
“ [I] loved what she did. She made me cry, and TFiOS-related things basically never make me cry, on account of how I know what’s going to happen and everything.”
Woodley spoke out about how she got the role in an MTV interview and also spoke about her co-star, Ansel Elgort.
The Fault in Our Stars will be released in 2014.