History Trivia / WhatsEatingGilbertGrape

-->"It was a hard time for me, that film, for some reason. I don't know why. I tortured him (Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]). I really did. He was always talking about these video games, you know? I told you it was kind of a dark period... 'No, I will not give you a drag of my cigarette while you hide from your mother again, Leo.'[...] I'd say the absolute truth is that I respect Leo a lot. He worked really hard on that film, and spent a lot of time researching. He came to set and he was ready to work hard and all his ducks were in a row."

-->"It was a hard time for me, that film, for some reason. I don't know why. I tortured him (Leonardo DiCaprio). I really did. He was always talking about these video games, you know? I told you it was kind of a dark period... 'No, I will not give you a drag of my cigarette while you hide from your mother again, Leo.'[...] I'd say the absolute truth is that I respect Leo a lot. He worked really hard on that film, and spent a lot of time researching. He came to set and he was ready to work hard and all his ducks were in a row."

* HostilityOnTheSet: In an interview, Creator/JohnnyDepp admitted that he got easily irritated by Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio during the filming of the movie.
-->"It was a hard time for me, that film, for some reason. I don't know why. I tortured him (Leonardo DiCaprio). I really did. He was always talking about these video games, you know? I told you it was kind of a dark period... 'No, I will not give you a drag of my cigarette while you hide from your mother again, Leo.'" Depp concluded, "I'd say the absolute truth is that I respect Leo a lot. He worked really hard on that film, and spent a lot of time researching. He came to set and he was ready to work hard and all his ducks were in a row."

* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/JohnnyDepp admitted that he got easily irritated by Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio during the filming of the movie. In an interview, Depp said, "It was a hard time for me, that film, for some reason. I don't know why. I tortured him (Leonardo DiCaprio). I really did. He was always talking about these video games, you know? I told you it was kind of a dark period... 'No, I will not give you a drag of my cigarette while you hide from your mother again, Leo.'" Depp concluded, "I'd say the absolute truth is that I respect Leo a lot. He worked really hard on that film, and spent a lot of time researching. He came to set and he was ready to work hard and all his ducks were in a row."

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Creator/JohnnyDepp felt so guilty about his character's fat jokes towards Darlene Cates, and would apologize after each take.

* OneBookAuthor: Darlene Cates' only theatrically-released acting role during her lifetime[[note]]she appeared in the 2017 movie ''Billboard'', which was released after her death[[/note]]. As described under HeReallyCanAct, she was cast through Sally Jessy Raphael's show, because they couldn't find a real actress large enough to fit the role.

* OneBookAuthor: Darlene Cates' only theatrically-released acting role during her lifetime[[note]]she appeared in the 2017 movie ''Billboard'', which was released after her death[[/note]]. As described under HeReallyCanAct, she was cast through Sally Jessy Rafael's show, because they couldn't find a real actress large enough to fit the role.

* OneBookAuthor: Darlene Cates' only theatrically-released acting role during her lifetime. As described under HeReallyCanAct, she was cast through Sally Jessy Rafael's show, because they couldn't find a real actress large enough to fit the role.

* OneBookAuthor: Darlene Cates' only theatrically-released acting role. As described under HeReallyCanAct, she was cast through Sally Jessy Rafael's show, because they couldn't find a real actress large enough to fit the role.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Creator/JohnnyDepp did not like the fat jokes directed at Darlene Cates, and apologized to her after scenes.
* OneBookAuthor: Darlene Cates' only theatrically-released acting role. As described under HeReallyCanAct, she was cast through Sally Jessy Rafael's show, because they couldn't find a real actress large enough to fit the role of the mom.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Creator/JohnnyDepp did not like the fat jokes directed at Darlene Cates, and apologized to her after scenes.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Hey it's [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]] and [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} Jack Dawson]]!
** Don't forget [[Film/BackToTheFuture George McFly]] and [[Film/WalkHard Dewey Cox]].
** And [[Film/BackToTheFuture Clara Clayton]] - who even, very briefly, shares a scene with George [=McFly=][[note]]Crispin Glover only appeared in the first movie (and stock footage in the second movie), while Mary Steenburgen only appeared in the third movie.[[/note]].
** And [[Film/NaturalBornKillers Mallory Knox]] as well.
** Jim Lovell's [[Film/{{Apollo13}} hippie daughter Barbara]] as Amy.

* DyeingForYourArt: LeonardoDiCaprio really did not bathe during the period in filming when Arnie refused to go near water.

* OneBookAuthor: Darlene Cates' only theatricality-released acting role.

** Hey it's [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]] and [[Film/{{Titanic}} Jack Dawson]]!

* MeanCharacterNiceActor : Johnny Depp did not like the fat jokes directed at Darlene Cates, and apologized to her after scenes.

( DyeingForYourArt: LeonardoDiCaprio really did not bathe during the period in filming when Arnie refused to go near water.

** Hey it's [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]] and [[Film/{{Titanic}} Jack Dawson]]!
** Don't forget [[Film/BackToTheFuture George McFly]] and [[WalkHard Dewey Cox]].

** And [[NaturalBornKillers Mallory Knox]] as well.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey it's [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]] and [[{{Titanic}} Jack Dawson]]!

** And [[Film/BackToTheFuture Clara Clayton]] - who even, very briefly, shares a scene with George [=McFly=][[hottip:*:Crispin Glover only appeared in the first movie (and stock footage in the second movie), while Mary Steenburgen only appeared in the third movie.]].