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

Corey Feldman revealed he was almost cast in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," but lost out on the role to Leonardo DiCaprio. Feldman, now 53, said he's "still bitter" about how everything went down, ...

Corey Feldman was one of the most prominent child actors in the '80's, who described the one role he was fired from that ...

"He said I was a junkie and that he didn't work with junkies," Feldman said Depp told producers on the film, later adding, "Who knows what would have happened?" ...

alleged that he was initially cast as Arnie Grape, a mentally disabled teen from a small Midwestern town, in the 1993 drama before Depp was hired to play the character’s older brother, Gilbert Grape. ...

Corey Feldman is shedding light on a decades-old Hollywood fallout, claiming Johnny Depp was the reason he lost out on a major role.

Johnny Depp's classic 1993 film, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, might have looked very different if it didn't star Leonardo DiCaprio. It made a star out of the actor and got him award-winning acclaim.

He was 23 years old. Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp at a “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” screening in December 1993. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images “So as you can imagine ...

Johnny Depp is in Corey Feldman’s black book. The “Goonies” star claimed in a new interview that the Oscar nominee got him fired from “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” An admittedly ...

Corey Feldman has a bone to pick with Johnny Depp. While appearing on the Wednesday, March 26, episode of the "Magnificent Others With Billy Corgan" podcast, Feldman claimed he was cast for Leonardo ...