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Mar 4, 1994 · What's Eating Gilbert Grape: Directed by Lasse Hallström. With Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen. A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
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- Drama
- Lasse Hallström
- 1994-03-04
Nov 13, 2020 · Now they are two of the most famous actors in the world. But working on What's Eating Gilbert Grape with each other was the closest they came to friendship. Let's just say Depp and DiCaprio don't have a friendship like Depp and Tim Burton's or a relationship like DiCaprio and Jonah Hill's.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio and John C. Reilly.
- Darlene Cates, who played Momma, had never acted before. She had previously appeared as herself on an episode of Sally where she discussed the fact that she was unable to leave her own house.
- DiCaprio got in trouble for decapitating the grasshopper. He wasn't actually supposed to decapitate it, but he didn't realize that at the time. They actually had animal rights people on set to ensure the creatures safety, but DiCaprio had no idea.
- DiCaprio had to choose between this movie and another classic. While he obviously made the right choice for his career, it's crazy to think that DiCaprio was supposed to be cast in Hocus Pocus, but he chose this more serious role instead.
- Depp kept getting irritated by DiCaprio. Depp admitted that working with the young actor was a little bit difficult at times, but he knew that he was perfect for the part.
Before he was a leading contender in this year's Oscar race, Leonardo DiCaprio was an ambitious 19-year-old pestering Johnny Depp. Depp, 52, shared stories of working with DiCaprio on...
Feb 16, 2014 · One person who instantly fell in love with Gilbert Grape was Johnny Depp, who read Peter Hedges ' 1991 novel, thought it was a modern Catcher in the Rye, and committed to work with Hallström on...
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Small American towns nurture kindness and big hearts, as personified by Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp), a twenty year old guy who heads a loving but difficult family of two younger sisters, a mentally retarded younger brother named Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), and their obese momma (Darlene Cates).
