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Darlene Cates was selected to play Bonnie Grape (the mother in the film). The casting director once contacted the show crew of Sally Jessy Raphael. The show crew sent him a video of Cates as a guest on the show a few months ago, so she was Selected.
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The photo of Mrs. Grape when she was young is that of actor Darlene Cates when she was young.
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Johnny Depp always mocks the mother played by Darlene Cates in the film. He feels very bad about it and apologizes to her many times after the filming. Once Depp said to Cates: "Man, I want you to know how much I hate saying those things to you and your character."
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Leonardo said that playing Arnie was his "happiest experience ever."
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In the scene where Arnie cuts off the head of the locust in the mailbox, Leonardo DiCaprio accidentally killed the locust despite being watched by an animal protection organization.
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In the film, the iconic movement of Arnie flicking his nose with his fingers was invented by Leonardo himself. He said it was like a "brain massage" for Arnie.
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Adapted from the original novel "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" of the same name by Peter Haggs, Peter Haggs personally served as the screenwriter of the film.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
What's Eating Gilbert Grape quotes
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Gilbert: I had a nice time tonight.
Becky: I know.
[smiles]
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Arnie: Dad's dead! Dad's dead! Dad's dead! Dad's dead! Dad's dead! Dad's dead!