Isaac Heller

"To be honest, I'm looking for stories with a bit more pizazz. A great story always needs just a sprinkle of magic."

- Isaac to Madeline

Isaac Heller, formerly known as the Author and briefly known as the Peddler, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts in the sixteenth episode of the fourth season. He is portrayed by guest star Patrick Fischler.

Trivia

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Character Notes

 * Issac mentions having a bar mitzvah; implying he is Jewish.
 * "Isaac" is also a common name among Jewish societies.
 * Isaac's Land Without Magic address is 968 East 14th Street, Brooklyn NY, 11230.


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Production Notes

 * The casting call name for him was "Gorin".
 * He is described as a character who "comes across as well-intentioned but is actually a quick-witted, arrogant man with reckless impulses". The description also says he is set to "appear in both Fairy Tale Land and Storybrooke".
 * The role of the Author was offered directly to Patrick Fischler.
 * Isaac's address, 968 East 14th Street, Brooklyn NY, 11230, was the childhood home of Woody Allen. Show creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis were both inspired by Woody Allen at young ages.


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Popular Culture

 * Isaac comments on the Mr. Gold's Cabin, saying that it makes him feel like "Hemingway, or maybe Thoreau"; a reference to the American authors Ernest Hemingway and Henry David Thoreau.
 * While he is captive in Mr. Gold's cabin, Isaac reads F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
 * The newspaper that Isaac reads when he is caught is called the "New York Ledger". This was a real, weekly story paper published in New York City from 1855 to 1898.