"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?" ...

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

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. ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 revealed he was almost cast in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," but lost out ... about how everything went down, claiming Johnny Depp pushed him out. "I was actually cast to play ...

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 ...