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 has claimed that Johnny Depp is the reason he lost out on a role in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.

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

Corey Feldman recently appeared on Billy Corgan’s “Magnificent Others” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) and claimed that Johnny Depp got him fired off “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” Lasse ...

He was in "The Goonies" with Sean Astin, and he apparently was close to taking Astin's "The Lord of the Rings" job from him.

Corey Feldman has claimed Johnny Depp got him fired for 1993 film 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' after calling him "a junkie" ...

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

In What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, the coming-of-age drama directed by Lasse Hallström, Depp plays a grocery store clerk who cares for his family, including his disabled younger brother Arnie (DiCaprio).

Anyway, while making an appearance on Billy Corgan’s podcast, Corey Feldman claimed there’s an alternate universe where he ...

Former child star Corey Feldman rose to fame with his roles in popular 80s movies like Stand by Me, The Goonies, The Lost ...