"The Fault in Our Stars,' took the spotlight at the annual MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, April 12. The film is a modern-day "Romeo and Juliet" story in which an incurable cancer tears two teenage lovers apart. It is a film adaptation of the dramatic 2012 novel by author John Green. The film paved the way for the cast, crew, and author of the story to receive three big awards.
The story focuses on a heartbreakingly romantic relationship between two hospital patients. Hazel Grace Lancaster, a cancer patient falls in love with Augustus Waters, an amputee. Green wrote the book based on a real cancer patient named Esther Earl.
"Esther taught me that a short life can also be a good life, and she taught me that people who are living with disability are not defined by those disabilities," said Green in his acceptance speech. "And that the lives of people who are living with illness or with disability are just as interesting and complicated and beautiful and interesting as any other lives. Esther, I love you, I miss you, this is for you."
The cast members of 'The Fault in Our Stars' are Anzel Elgort as Augustus Waters, Nat Wolff as Isaac, Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace Lancaster, Laura Dern as Frannie Lancaster, Sam Trammell as Michael Lancaster, Willem Dafoe as Peter van Houten, Lotte Verbeek as Lidewij Vliegenthart, and Mike Birbiglia as Patrick. Josh Boone directed the film.
"YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!! We won best movie!!! #mtvmovieawards !!!" tweeted Elgort on Twitter on Sunday night. "Goodnight, I wish I could have been there but I'm on set doing what I love. Feeling so touched and lucky."
Woodley and Elgort won Best Kiss for their on-screen romance. Woodley also received Best Female Performance for the film. MTV producers and executives nominate films and actors for the awards. Winners are determined online at the MTV official website by votes taken from the general public. Winners receive the Society Awards' Golden Popcorn Statue. The title of the novel and film is derived from William Shakespeare's tragic play "Julius Caesar."
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings," said Cassius in Act 1, Scene 2.
