Reality took a Hollywood turn for cancer survivors Alexis Hodges, 19, and C.J. Evans, 17, who are members of a support group for teens with cancer at Akron Children’s Hospital. Both landed small roles in the film, The Fault in Our Stars, as members of a cancer support group. The movie, based on the best-selling novel by John Green, follows the love story of two young adult cancer patients who meet in a support group. Hodges and Evans learned about the open casting call for the movie through their group. Once cast, they spent a few long Saturdays in Pittsburgh last summer shooting their scenes and hanging out with stars – Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, as well as Green. “One of my favorite things about the movie so far is that they cast real cancer survivors for the support group,” said John Green in an interview from the set. Hodges was diagnosed with leukemia at age 13 and became the first patient at Akron Children’s to undergo a bone marrow transplant by an unrelated donor. She has been in remission for five years. Evans, a junior in high school, was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 12.

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