Author Green no fan of 'teen whispering'

When The Fault in Our Stars landed on bookshelves more than two years ago, John Green had no enthusiasm for a screen version of his story featuring teens with cancer.

"I had had some Hollywood experiences before that weren't great, and I felt like Hollywood would struggle to make a movie where the female romantic lead has nasal cannula tubes in her nose for the entire movie," he said.

Well, hello 2014 and Monday night's pre-miere of TFIOS, the movie. It's the first of Green's best-selling books to go Hollywood after he was won over by the script's dedication to his characters in the clutches of adolescence.