Although she hasn’t quite signed on yet, The Descendants star Shailene Woodley has been offered the lead role of Hazel Grace Lancaster in The Fault in Our Stars, for director Josh Boone (Stuck in Love).
She’d play Hazel Grace Lancaster, a teenage girl stricken with cancer who falls for a boy in her support group.
Josh Boone commented on the casting, “During our exhaustive search to find Hazel Grace Lancaster, I saw some stunning auditions by today’s finest young actresses. Over 250 girls read for the part, but it wasn’t until Shailene stepped in front of the camera that I truly saw Hazel for the first time. It was like lightning striking. I can’t wait for the rest of the world to see what I have.”
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber ((500) Days of Summer) wrote the Black Listed screenplay, based on John Green’s novel. Green commented, “I am absolutely thrilled that Shailene will be playing Hazel in The Fault in Our Stars. It means a lot to me that she is a fan of the book, and I know from our conversations that she has a profound understanding of Hazel. Watching her audition, I felt like Hazel Grace Lancaster was talking to me. It was eerie-and very exciting.”
Woodley’s star is certainly on the rise, as she will next be seen in The Spectacular Now, set for release later this year. She recently shot the role of Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and she will soon move on to the lead role in young adult fantasy adaptation Divergent.