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02-25-2023, 09:46 PM
https://www.looper.com/1205348/walter-koenigs-bizarre-star-trek-audition-left-him-understandably-confused/
Koenig describes his Star Trek audition as bizarre
During a 2016 TV Insider interview (https://www.tvinsider.com/96257/star-treks-walter-koenig-on-chekovs-haircut-and-other-decades-old-rumors/), Walter Koenig was asked if he remembered his audition for "Star Trek." His first response was, "It was bizarre."
Koenig described going in for his audition with lines from a scene where the ship was in jeopardy. "So I did it with all the appropriate seriousness," he explained. "And then they said, 'Uh, could you do it again, only this time make it funny?' So I did. Then I waited around for two-and-a-half hours."
After delivering his lines from two angles, he was chosen for the role that day. Since he provided a range of talent for a complicated scene that would have been easier acted if he had other actors to play off of, it wasn't shocking that he was picked. Well, it wasn't shocking to anyone, but Koenig, anyway.
"So I'm sitting there wondering what the heck's going on, and all of a sudden, a man shows up and takes me to the wardrobe department," Koenig continued. Apparently, he'd gotten the job immediately, but no one bothered to tell him. "He drops to his knees and puts his hand on my crotch. I said, 'Hey, what are you doing?' He said, 'Well, I have to measure you for a costume, don't I?'" Koenig paused to laugh. "That's how I found out I was going to be on 'Star Trek!'" What a way to find out you've secured a dream role.
Koenig describes his Star Trek audition as bizarre
During a 2016 TV Insider interview (https://www.tvinsider.com/96257/star-treks-walter-koenig-on-chekovs-haircut-and-other-decades-old-rumors/), Walter Koenig was asked if he remembered his audition for "Star Trek." His first response was, "It was bizarre."
Koenig described going in for his audition with lines from a scene where the ship was in jeopardy. "So I did it with all the appropriate seriousness," he explained. "And then they said, 'Uh, could you do it again, only this time make it funny?' So I did. Then I waited around for two-and-a-half hours."
After delivering his lines from two angles, he was chosen for the role that day. Since he provided a range of talent for a complicated scene that would have been easier acted if he had other actors to play off of, it wasn't shocking that he was picked. Well, it wasn't shocking to anyone, but Koenig, anyway.
"So I'm sitting there wondering what the heck's going on, and all of a sudden, a man shows up and takes me to the wardrobe department," Koenig continued. Apparently, he'd gotten the job immediately, but no one bothered to tell him. "He drops to his knees and puts his hand on my crotch. I said, 'Hey, what are you doing?' He said, 'Well, I have to measure you for a costume, don't I?'" Koenig paused to laugh. "That's how I found out I was going to be on 'Star Trek!'" What a way to find out you've secured a dream role.