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 ...

It's probably for the best he didn't get the part, as it's hard to imagine anyone other than Sean Astin in the role.

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.

The 53-year-old Goonies actor appeared on the Wednesday, March 26 episode of The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan podcast ...

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 ...

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