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

Apparently, the former child star was also supposed to be in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which would've helped keep that momentum going, but he missed out on the role thanks to Johnny Depp. On the ...

Feldman spent 10 months in rehab for his heroin addiction. In “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” the coming-of-age drama directed by Lasse Hallström, Depp plays a grocery store clerk who cares ...

With first-time screenwriter Peter Hedges working from his own novel, What's Eating Gilbert Grape is the unpunctuated sum of many quirky parts, including some very odd townsfolk, such as a ...

Corey Feldman put Johnny Depp on blast for allegedly getting him fired from "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." ...

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Additionally, he frequently runs away, which causes Gilbert and his family problems. Being the focal point of Gilbert's universe, he bears a great deal of responsibility for himself. At one point ...

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 says he was cast in the role that Leonardo DiCaprio played in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, but was fired thanks ...

Corey Feldman says that Johnny Depp cost him a role in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. On the most recent episode of Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan’s The Magnificent Others podcast ...

What's eating Corey Feldman? In a new podcast interview, the actor and '80s heartthrob said he's still "bitter" about missing out on a role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which he blames on Johnny ...

Corey Feldman recently admitted that he still feels “bitter” about one missed opportunity. The “Suicide for Beginners” actor ...