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

"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?" ...

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. ...

Corey Feldman at Steven Tyler’s Jam for ... Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp at a “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” screening in December 1993. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images ...

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 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 ...

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 is reflecting on his career and ... was originally cast opposite Johnny Depp in the 1993 film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. “I was actually cast to play Leonardo DiCaprio ...