--- description: It stars Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and a cigarette that's really a metaphor title: The Fault In Our Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort In First Clip image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Grab Some Tissues and Watch the Very First Clip From _The Fault In Our Stars_ by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 14, 2014 4:18 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 14, 2014 4:18 PM CUT Get More: [2014 MTV Movie Awards](http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/ "undefined"), [Latest Movie News](http://www.mtv.com/news/latest/movies.jhtml "undefined"), [Ansel Elgort](http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/1178281/personmain.jhtml "undefined"), [Shailene Woodley](http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/387680/personmain.jhtml "undefined"), [Laura Dern](http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/16524/personmain.jhtml "undefined"), [Willem Dafoe](http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/14692/personmain.jhtml "undefined") Behold: the first sneak peek at _The Fault in Our Stars_ _,_ the highly-anticipated film (coming this summer) based on John Green’s 2012 young adult novel. In this one-minute clip, the two teenage protagonists (played by Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort) flirt for the first time after meeting at a cancer support group. Things get real philosophical real fast and oh man we know we’re all just going to sob during this entire movie, aren’t we? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/61751/fault-in-our-stars-first-clip/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/61751/fault-in-our-stars-first-clip/"},"headline":"Grab Some Tissues and Watch the Very First Clip From The Fault In Our Stars","datePublished":"2014-04-14T16:18:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:46.622Z","description":"It stars Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and a cigarette that's really a metaphor","url":"https://time.com/61751/fault-in-our-stars-first-clip/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Arts","Shailene Woodley","films","The Fault In Our Stars"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/61751/fault-in-our-stars-first-clip/","name":"Grab Some Tissues and Watch the Very First Clip From The Fault In Our Stars"}}]}] ```