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

Thirty years after they first worked together, Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up with Robert De Niro to once again play on-screen ...

Gilbert Grape. “I was actually cast to play Leonardo DiCaprio’s role [as Arnie],” he said. “I never saw the film because I’m still bitter. Bitter leaf in that one. But yes, I was originally cast for ...

"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?" ...

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 ...

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 ...

From left: Darlene Cates, Laura Harrington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Kate Schellhardt and Johnny Depp star in a scene from “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett ...

Two years after missing out on Gilbert Grape, Feldman found himself vying with DiCaprio for the role of Jack in Titanic. “Ironically, just a couple years later, I also was up for Titanic ...

“I was actually cast to play Leonardo DiCaprio's role,” Feldman said ... nomination for his performance in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. According to Feldman, Depp was cast in the film ...