![]() ![]() Yet as beneficial as it to write such a scene in a novel, even one as widely-read as TFIOS, showing it in a movie theater has an even greater effect. It's a rare, hugely important depiction of what sex and intimacy can be like for people with disabilities, and, as Berger said, it's as educational as it is entertaining. The book's sex scene, while not graphic, doesn't shy away from mentioning Gus' insecurities over his amputated leg or the problems wearing a cannula can cause during an attempt to make out. With his limbs revealed in shorts, Berger thanked Green "for answering a lifelong question of mine, which is: whether, during sex, to keep my leg on or off."Īlthough the crowd broke into laughter and cheers (and plenty of catcalls from female audience members), Berger's comment was serious people with disabilities like amputations rarely see representations of themselves in pop culture, and Fault took that one step further by showing two characters with physical issues in an act of intimacy. While leading a Fault in Our Stars panel alongside the movie's director and writers at BookCon last weekend, John Green heard many questions and comments from fans, but none were as intimate as the one posed by Robert Berger, a 16-year-old who, like, Gus, has a prosthetic leg. In the movie, the scene is, thankfully, very much the same - and thank god for that, because for TFIOS fans hoping to get sex advice from Gus, they finally have their chance. In bed with Hazel, he, a virgin unsure of how to proceed, nervously warns her about his amputated leg she laughs off his concerns, he relaxes, and they continue on with the act. No, not for any weird, pervy reason, but because in the book, the scene is one of the few where Gus stops acting so pretentious and comes across as an insecure, wholly more likable human being. ![]() Of all the scenes Fault in Our Stars fans needed to see in the movie adaptation, the sex scene between Hazel and Gus topped the list. ![]()
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