Adapting The Fault in Our Stars

     If I was given the chance to adapt The Fault in Our Stars, these would be the three most important decisions I would need to make. First of all, I would choose to adapt it as a movie. I think it makes the most sense as a movie because there is not enough content to make it into a TV series and if it became 'The Fault in Out Stars: The Musical' that would change the tone of the story entirely. I mean come on. Can you imagine The Fault in Our Stars adapted as a musical? Well, I guess you could but it'd be cringe worthy.

     Every movie has to make cuts for time constraint. If I had to cut out some content for the movie adaptation, I think one of the things I would cut is the character of Katelyn. She's not necessary to the plot and hardly shows up anyways, so I doubt many people would miss her. Katelyn is put in the story as a foil to Hazel to further her character development. She's there to show that Hazel's closest friend her age (prior to meeting the cancer kid gang) isn't really that close to her and to show how different yet similar Hazel is to most teenagers her age. This is all very important, but I think this could manage to be done in a different way throughout the movie. Also, this saves both time and money by hiring one less actor that the producer would have to pay. Actors are really expensive these days, you know.

    A scene that under any circumstances cannot be cut from the plot would have to be their trip to Amsterdam. This is a major part of the story and it would change the story way too much if it was omitted. That would be too large of a cut to make because at least half of The Fault in Our Stars takes place in Amsterdam. If this was cut, some important characters would also end up being cut like Peter Van Houten and his assistant Lidewij. The whole plot about finding out how 'An Imperial Affliction' ended would probably also be cut if this happened or at least have gone no where. This would be problematic because this is about half of the entire plot of the story. So yeah, cutting Amsterdam out of the picture is a big no no.