Apparently, the former child star was also supposed to be in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which would've helped ... in the 1993 movie. "I was actually cast to play Leonardo DiCaprio's role ...

Feldman, who has chosen to “never” see the 1993 movie since being axed ... and Johnny Depp star in a scene from “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection ...

Feldman went on to reveal that he and DiCaprio faced off for another movie role not long after “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” “Ironically, just a couple years later, I also was up for ...

Additionally, he frequently runs away, which causes Gilbert and his family problems. Being the focal point of Gilbert's universe, he bears a great deal of responsibility for himself. At one point ...

We can only imagine what would have happened if Johnny Depp hadn't pushed him out of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Perhaps Leonardo DiCaprio would have shot to stardom with another movie.

Lasse Hallström's comedic drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape showcased a young and brilliant Leonardo DiCaprio to the world as retarded young boy Arnie, destined to get into scrapes whenever possible.

The quote above–obviously a key to this funny, clunky, and strangely poetic movie–also refers ... working from his own novel, What's Eating Gilbert Grape is the unpunctuated sum of many ...

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