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.

Asked if he was pushed out, he added: "Johnny Depp. He was cast after I was ... so I'm sure I'm gonna get hung by this one." Corey insisted he wasn't taking drugs at the time and had "turned ...

"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?" ...

By Lexi Carson Corey Feldman is reflecting ... to help River [Phoenix], who Depp was running with at the time. As we all know River’s last night on earth was at Johnny’s establishment, ...

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.

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 ...