The '80s icon was set to play Leonardo DiCaprio's character, but per Johnny Depp's request, he was removed from the project.

"He said I was a junkie and that he didn't work with junkies," Feldman said Depp told producers on the film, later adding, ...

In “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” the coming-of-age drama directed by Lasse Hallström, Depp plays a grocery store clerk who ...

What's Eating Gilbert Grape, based on a 1991 novel by Peter Hedges, was well received and earned 19-year-old Leonardo his ...

Corey Feldman claims that Johnny Depp is the reason he lost out on a role in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” ...

Johnny Depp's classic 1993 film, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, might have looked very different if it didn't star Leonardo ...

This is the first time I’ve ever [told] this story, so I’m sure I’m gonna get hung by this one,” the “Goonies” star said ...

So, as you can imagine, there was a bit of a thorn in the side on that one,” Feldman told Corgan. Feldman said he was “bitter ...

Corey Feldman claimed he lost out on a role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" because of Johnny Depp. The actor was allegedly ...

Corey Feldman recently appeared on Billy Corgan’s “Magnificent Others” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) and claimed that ...

"He was cast after I was," Feldman said of Depp, "and apparently whispered into the producers' ear that he wasn't fond of me.