How WALTER KOENIG Feels About Playing Anton Chekov in Star Trek Picard
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Walter Koenig initially starred in the role of Chekov in Star Trek the Original Series alongside main characters, Spock and Kirk.
In an interview on The 7th Rule, Walter Koenig talks about his role as Anton Chekov in the Star Trek Picard TV series and how he feels about playing the role.
Walter discusses his role as Anton Chekov in the Star Trek Picard TV series and how he feels about playing the role after playing Chekov for over 55 years.
How WALTER KOENIG Feels About Playing Anton Chekov in Star Trek Picard
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This might be the last time we hear from any character from TOS, so cherish every minute of it. Walter also recently lost his beloved wife of 55 years and while it's heartbreaking, I'm glad it hasn't stopped him to continue to live his life.
There was no Anton Chekov in TOS.
Why do you think it could be the last time? He is 86 but still healthy and William Shatner is in healthy condition, too..And I'm sure at least Mr. Shatner will do some more public appearances in the next month/years
@@brownro214 he means the actor.
@High Performance IQ I mean in character. Technically, he was playing the son of Pavel Chekov which is, in essence really Pavel from TOS. Hopefully, they're all healthy and will have many more years ahead of them, but due to advancing age, they just not going get a lot more opportunities to reprise their roles in any official capacity.
@@brownro214 if you replace character with actor, what he said works. So I’m my head cannon thats what he meant. Obviously you are technically correct, but it shouldnt matter. Also he was quoting his dad. So also technically we were hearing from that character.
A very nice and fitting gesture to name him Anton.
RIP Anton Yelchin.
So say we all.
I feel so old watching this. I loved the TOS as a child and after seeing so many of the original actors pass on, hearing Walter Koenig's voice in Picard's finale and seeing this interview makes my heart swell.
I felt like a kid again when I heard Walter’s voice. I watched TOS as a 6 and 7 year old kid during its first run. I feel ya.
Me too.
...and to think he was the 'young buck' of the TOS with his Beatles hairdo and all that. The young 'troublemaker'.
Me to
@@tracymetherell8744 me too... I didn't find out till it was a teenager that I was autistic, my father worded it in such a way (he didn't like using the word at all) he worded it like this I have a distant cousin who was diagnosed with autism when I was a boy and she ended up in an institution and there was no way I was going to allow that to happen to you. It is ironic it is a very small child I think I was about three or two or three years of age I was watching with my father on our supposedly portable color TV which was not very portable I mean that thing should have been a relative not kidding you it was huge and it was heavy and there was no such thing as a remote back then you had to get up and change the channel but it was the first of its kind as far as color TVs and portability went. And she had seen that there was a commercial that had come on for I have no idea if it was meant to be a news program or if it was an actual commercial for an institution concerning autistic people my father immediately wanted the channel changed, I don't remember which of us got up and change the channel it was probably me remember that he want we ended up watching Star Trek TOS certain specific episode long story short I the first time told my father that I felt like both Spock and uhura in the episode they were both having difficulties in different ways with understanding and being able to do something,for Spock it was the idea that things were not logical and they couldn't understand how humans deal with it and I could relate to that and it with a hora it was like what people were saying to her didn't make any sense because her ability to speak standard I eat English have been taken away and she had to relearn everything from scratch, and I didn't understand what sometimes people would be saying to me it didn't always make sense to me, so these two people became my role models, when I told my father about that I didn't quite understand and that how this related to me from the show he told me when you don't understand people mimic them and he told me to use logic to try to understand them. It's because of TOS and my father, and the fact that he let my mother believed that I wasn't all that bad you know how can a child of ours were so intelligent excetera be different, no my father would tell her she's not different she's slow, but she'll get there, my mother always believed that I was slow but to quote her I might be highly intelligent but I was slow to comprehend therefore there is nothing wrong with me I just need more time. I think if my father had not convinced her that what the doctor was telling her was a bunch of poppycock that chances are I would have ended up in one of those institutions, how many times have I heard my mother say to me I'd rather have 10 boys than one girl and how many times has she told me that had the child between me and my brother survived I'd have never been born and my father had a way of giving her everything that she wanted so if she had believed that I was somehow really defective that time would not fix she probably would have put me there but she never really believed it you were just slow she would say... But in many ways I got lucky. I had awho believed in me more than I ever believed in myself because I did not have my mother in my corner on my side the fact is she never really wanted me, but my father apparently had always wanted his little girl he wanted to have somebody who could represent the loss of his life which was his mother, because he was Jewish even if he was secular Jewish he wanted to have the mitzvah (it isn't An obligation it's like an extra brownie point in the religion) have having both a boy and a girl, although to this day some part of me does not believe him when he says that had the child between me and my brother survived he would have still had me because he wanted his little girl, and that child would have been a boy.
I'd looked at women who were strong women where was smart she was strong she could be very feminine at times but she was very Kick-Ass when it required her to be that way, you could say she was strong in her very many reasons for very way of projecting herself, and I'm really glad that Martin Luther King convinced her not give up the role he was right because in so many ways she was a role model for so many, little girls could be more than merely secretaries and nurses they could be anything and shats what she represented shirreffs that represented the possibilities that would be out there especially for a person like me who doesn't exactly look very white, I'm not black but I have been mistaken for everything under the sun, and that includes African-American... And that is always amusing to me because I'm white in places that never see this light of day, yes there may be few of those places and I don't burn the way white people do I turn red like a lobster or like some native Americans do. But I have always been the odd one out even in elementary school where I was mistaken for being Oriental because of my almond eyes... I'm not Asian either. The point is I've never belonged anywhere I've never felt I belonged these two characters portrayed by these two actors gave me something as a child that there is so little of these days and which I don't have at all these days is Hope, actual hope for a better future what that show tried to give to the people who watched it when do they knew it or not they were trying to instill in people the idea that the future would be hopefully a much better place. And the beginning of next generation it was the same they tried to instill that there was hope and after one or two seasons it went downhill in the sense that it lost that ability is lost that hope and everyone since then has been darker and darker and there has been less hope in Star Trek, let's hope for a better future a brighter future one that might get things right.
There's something I wanted to add but it wouldn't let me put it here because it said it's an invalid argument I don't know maybe it's too long... But I really liked they made Anton Chekhov the son of Pavel who is now president of the federation give that little speech especially the last part, unfortunately I wish I could believe it but I don't and the addition I'm going to put under this will explain why.
When he said, "hope is never lost" that accent came through perfectly!
I cried - this was such a beautiful Easter Egg - a gift to the fans!
It was the one moment that hit me hardest, too.
Same. I recognised his voice immediately.
Indeed. A gift.
Tears of Joy, I hope.🥲
Let's clarify...the New "fans".
They've screwed up Star Trek so badly that they think they can make some kind of "bridge" to the original Trek, when it was important, but they should give up, because they just keep pissing off the Original fans...just so they can keep marketing for profits.
Hearing Walter’s voice was such an amazing unexpected surprise and the character is such a great tribute to Anton Yelchin. I’ve loved the new story telling in all the new Trek shows, but series 3 of Picard has felt like a love letter to all of Trekdom: the fans, cast, crew, characters. It’s just filled me with joy.
Great to see Anton Yelchin represented. Tragic loss what happened to him.
Bones launched TNG and Checkov closed it out
It may have been a nod to the playwright Anton Chekhov, who Pavel Chekhov was named after.
@@nebularain3338 It was all of those together. That is the kind of things Star Trek does.
@@nebularain3338 Pavel Chekov.
I remember, way WAAAAY back in the day, early 90s, I saw him and Nichelle at a convention in California. Both were great. I remember two things from that convention. Nichelle tripped on some steps during her Q&A, then laughed it off saying something like "twenty years of ballet and I'm defeated by stairs." The other was Walter telling the crowd how he begged for a cameo in TNG. "Time travel, dream sequence, I could even play my son! Can I please just be on the show?" Looks like he finally got to play his son. lol
Chekov was in Generations and encountered Guinan. Nichelle Nichols was the only one of the TOS cast to never reappear after Star Trek VI, although she was on set during the filming of TNG's "Second Chances" to meet Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space and the first real astronaut to appear on Star Trek.
When I was a kid I had Star Trek IV nearly memorized. When I heard the variation on those lines in Walter's voice it was like getting smacked back into my nine year old self watching Star Trek on VHS for the millionth time.
Walter did such an excellent job on Babylon 5. Really brought the character to life.
He's great at playing the bad guy. Like a bastard you would love to hate.
I just hate Bester. His best role. What a b-stard. Good job on delivering that Mr. Koenig 👍
That was even better than his Star Trek role because he had more range, better parts. He even said in an older interview that he had more fun with the B5 cast and crew than Star Trek. In the end, though, Star Trek will be his legacy.
@@diamondjim7560 agreed. But personally I still hate that b-astard Bestser. He is such a Bestard!
Ok, you've just sold Babylon 5 to me. Now I need to figure out where to watch it.
Walter is living legend both in Star Trek and B5, great actor
Ironically one of the oldest cast members of B5 and sadly, one of the last remaining ones!
@@darrenbootland2316 Yes! Many have died Vir,G'kar and so on :(
Anton Chekov. What a great tribute.
Yeah...Pavel Andreievich.
That was a beautiful cameo. I hope Walter can do a live-action appearance as Anton.
Such a great tribute to both Chekov actors. Anton Yelchin was already a great actor, but I feel like he was on his way to being one of the big names in movies if he'd had more time.
He was such a chameleon- I saw a film after his passing and didn’t recognize him at all. Phenomenal performance! I was like wow when I saw the credits!
I agree. Definitely a tragic loss
It was a lovely moment hearing Walter’s instantly recognisable voice at the beginning of the episode. The whole season 3 was just great entertainment.
Funniest comment I've seen is someone thinking "oh that's Bester" when they heard it. Why? the lack of accent. Bester is Koenig doing his normal voice.
I remember hearing him and I was turning my head like a dog, “hey that’s Walter!”
Season 3 is a love letter to the fans of Star Trek. It was everything the first two seasons should have been. Heck, I ours have been happy with them giving us this one season of Picard.
It was awesome that they included him ever so briefly in Star Trek: Picard. They wanted to film him but ran out of time and money to actually do that. So they did the next best thing and recorded his voice instead. It was awesome that they did it. He is the oldest character in this show at 86, beating out Patrick Sterwart who is 82.
The last episode of Picard made me blub like a child so thank you all and Walter for everything
Terry Matalas did say he wanted to film Walter Koenig’s scene but they didn’t have the film and budget for it so they only recorded the dialogue.
If there are going to have any near-future Star Trek stories, I hope they will feature Walter Koenig as Federation President Anton Chekov.
I love the cast from the original series.
That would be cool! He must be talking about Terry cause Terry posted photos of them together.
I never saw this coming. I hope we ever he is, Anton smiles.
It was great to hear Walter, but it was beautiful to name the character after the late Anton Yelchin.
Glad you are hanging in there man!
That was epic, Nice for Walter and a nice tribute to Anton
Lovely to see Mr. Koenig. We enjoyed his “cameo” - it was a nice surprise.😊
Walter Koenig is awesome in Star Trek Online, and the video game Star Trek: Shattered Universe. He took command of both Enterprise - A and Enterprise - J.
Great knowledge!
Loved that part in sto
Ugh I love sto. I just wish the gamepkay and missions weren't such a drag. Every mission is literally a "5 year misson" lol
Walter Koenig was a great choice for a TOS cameo, he has always conducted himself with great dignity
Brilliant job Walter. Such a bonus to have a TOS member feature in Picard season 3...!
Bless this man. May he live forever
That is an amazing collection of Big Little books behind Mr. Koenig
Such a lovely way to honor TOS fans as well as movie fans! I teared up during that moment
I truly appreciate and felt honored to have not only to have met him but was his chauffeur with a limousine service in my home city. Hope he lives long and prosper🖖
Koenig always seemed like a great guy.
I don't believe any other actor could have brought his character to "real" life and give the audience so much happiness over the years.
Thank you, Sir.
I truly appreciate you 👍
He provided that obvious comic relief that Lucille Ball was supposed to supply and appear as on the show
We love you Walter! Thank you so much for the memories!
It was a perfect Star Trek moment. Pretty rare these days. 😊
A lovely surprise. Also sweet that the character's name being Anton was apparently in honour of the late Anton Yelchin.
First, hearing his voice at the beginning of the finale had my jaw on the floor, followed by a face splitting grin!
The speech itself was evocative of the Federation Presidents warning in The Voyage Home, as well as the Earth Alliance Presidents speech in the Babylon 5 TV movie "In the Beginning"
Also, I heard a hint of Bester when he didn't have the accent.
Hearing Walter's voice in the opening scene of the last episode was a big surprise for me. I had no idea that the production team of Star Trek Picard had gotten any of the remaining TOS cast involved in the show. I am happy that they got the TNG cast together for one last adventure. It really did wrap everything up for me with the TNG era of Star Trek. I've been watching and following Star Trek since 1990 and it was a bittersweet moment for me watching the crew of the Enterprise D gather around the table in one of the final scenes for a few rounds of poker like they did at the end of "All Good Things..." It's sad that their story has come to a close and I'm grateful for the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation for giving us everything they had in giving us a good show over the years and giving us some very memorable characters that we've all grown fond of. I wish them all the best for the future.
Mister Koenig thanks so much for your presence, I immediately recognized your voice and it brought tears to my eyes. that moment is immortal!
I enjoyed Star Trek Picard (all 3 seasons) and seeing everyone in Season 3 was soooo special for me as a Trekkie.
💯
Its really good to see Bester still getting involved with Star Trek
When I saw “Anton” on the screen I felt very sad. Such a great talent lost at such a young age. Nice tribute.
To Walter Koenig: Thank vote in being involved with Picard Season 3. Hearing your voice, especially without the Pavel accent, was a great and wonderful surprise to me.
So, Pavel Chekov literally dreamed of becoming Admiral, (in the hospital scene) in _The Voyage Home_ … but he got outranked by his son Anton, the Federation President!
Started as Chekov and was so very cool that he got roped into doing this, but I'll also remember him most fondly for Bester and the way he knocked it out of the park with that character on B5.
I love his Big little book collection behind him. I have a few that were my father's. I noticed them immediately
He did a great job with the voiceover. We are blessed to have him with us at 86 years old and he seems pretty sharp!
most are lucky to have one memorable sci fi character in their career - Koenig played Chekov and Bester brilliantly
And Patrick will be remembered as Picard and Proffesor Charles Xavier.
@@madmanmark8387 And Gurney Halleck in David Lynch’s 1984 film Dune.
it was lovely to hear his voice what a tribute, thank you for doing it. I just wish we could have seen him. you didn't know this, but I wrote to paramount in 96 with this idea, but they used my ideas through the TNG films, voyager for sure and you even co-stared in a fan film titled STAR TREK RENEGADES which I've still got the complete scripts for, I don't want to take paramount to court, but I'd love to work with them with Star Trek Legacy, because ive got fresh ideas for a series and throw backs for DS9, voyager and to tie it all in and to expand it into repairing the cannon
It was great wasn’t it, as for seeing him unfortunately his character probably died a long time ago in the Star Trek universe which is why he could only voice as his sons character.
I said to my wife, "When did Chekov have time to have a family?" Remember when Kirk met Sulu's daughter and said that?
@@rossrobson91 How many times has Brent Spiner played different versions of Data or different relatives of Dr. Soong? Walter Koenig could have been seen as Anton Chekov and that would have been a great fan service!
@@vanmoody yeah it was cool to see that. What was not cool was the reboot showed him with a gay partner and even George Takei was not happy seeing this because that's not what Sulu was. They wanted to use his real life persona in the Star Trek universe.
@@madmanmark8387 I respected George's take on it. This was not Gene Roddenberry's vision for the character.
The 86 years old could actually be the age of Anton Chekov if his Father (Pavel) had him when he was 70 years old. Pavel born 2245, Son would then be born 2315. Picard S3 taking place with the 250th anniversary of Frontier Day placing it as April 2401 which would be 86 years after 2315.
So, he would have it long after the events of Generations. Given that James Doohan had a daughter at 80 in real life, and that speaks to the 23rd century, it might not be unlikely for a man to have children after 70.
I mean Admiral McCoy was living to at least 123 years old or something so having a child at 70 wouldn't be so unbelievable in the Star Trek future.
There's only 3 survives left from the original series. Yes, we should cherish each interview of any three left.
@@Gabriele1979 its much easier to provide sperm than it is to carry a child to term
Thanks for clearing up that it was Chekov’s son who was President. Haven’t watched any of it and was confused.
Always great to see Bester.
I'll ready the airlock
@@Sephiroth144 Accidents happen.
@@miller-joel We just need to make sure we strip him down before any accidents happen- can't afford to take perfectly good clothing and throw it out into space, dontcha know?
Arguably, a better role than Chekov
@@Sephiroth144 Everything on the station is recycled. Can't waste anything. I don't make the rules.
It's nice to hear Chekov one more time.
Walter was amazing and it was a genuine treat to hear his voice again in a star trek episode. I grew up in the TNG Era, but watched the TOS Era and obviously the movies. Walter and the rest of the TOS cast really formed the love i have for this-for the lack of a better term- niche of sci fi. Live his cameo appearance and it's great to see him happy and still full of life!
Very few characters can stack up to Bester from Babylon 5. An absoltuly incredible villain. Walter is so talented and I am happy I got to see him shine in Babylon 5.
What a cool surprise, glad the voice cameo happened. Walter Koening is also the least polarizing of the remaining original series cast. A very inspired choice.
OMG What a legend so glad I came across this interview, so love Checkov. Walter will always be loved, love the fact he always looks forward in life
Such a kind man. 😍
I am very pleased that these legendary actors have had their tribute in the movies and series after the original star trek
What a wonderful man!! TOS changed my life. Taught me that a disagreement can be resolved without a fight. Opposite of the family home.
What a great interview! I so enjoyed watching TOS as a young lad of 10 and now watching Picard season 3 that hearing Walter Koenig's voice doing "Anton Chekoff" feels so reminiscent of those earlier years. Something I caught on episode 9 was the destruction of the USS Excelsior by the other Borg controlled star ships as the crew took back control of their ship. The computer screen briefly showed the names of one of 4 ships firing on Excelsior as "The Hikaru Sulu." I yelled "no friggin' way!" Sulu would be rolling in his grave! 😮
It was a very nice tribute to the character of Chekov and the actors who played him. I loved it.
From the fleet to you, sir. Thank you for serving us once more.
My favorite of his roles was Bester in Babylon 5. I was hoping he could play a similar part in the new Section 31
It was his favorite role, too.
he was great as bester legend of an actor
I wonder how phillipa is gonna explain to spock and them how she is back and burnham and the rest aren’t because she is back in there timeline isn’t she or is she in the picard timeline be interesting to see 😊
I agree. When I see him now, I think of Bester more than Chekov. An absolute villain who believes himself to be not only superior to others, but absolutely justified in the rightness of his actions.
See Moontrap that was cool
This makes me smile. Hope is never lost for Star Trek. It was a meta message.
Walter is such an amazing guy.
I love Walter Koening play Anton Chekov in Star Trek Picard.
I had such a good time watching S3 of Picard - and as only somewhere between a casual and intermediate fan I love it when I spot an Easter egg, even one as obvious as this voice caneo and the reasoning behind the character name. ❤
His greatest feat.
Babylon 5.
Alfred Bester always gave me chills.
I was happy to have him in the episode no matter if it was just a voice
“There are always possibilities” was also something Spock used to say, very fitting!
Knowing that Pavel used to embellish things a bit, he probably "borrowed" it from Spock..."An old Russian saying," as it were...but left out that detail when he passed it on to Anton.
I was surprised to hear his voice in Picard final it was amazing surprise .😊
I think this is amazing to have him back, it sorta in away "bookends" the Gene Roddenberry era of STAR TREK 1964 - 2005 cause not even when Mr. Roddenberry past did it ever feel like his shadow was gone from star trek and it never will.
I was so happy to see. this... It was a great touch.
Walter thanks for being in our homes it's been a great trek all these years !
Your presence is appreciated by many, and I thank you for doing this video.
Thanks for keeping up with these Cirroc, they mean a lot to us.
The "hope it's never lost" line seemed like it had a double meaning...to inspire, but also (maybe) as a shout out to anyone who may be listening and able to provide help...which, of course, was those with wrinkles (loved that line when the transporter did opened).
As a life long Trekkie, this season of Picard made my heart "explode"...every episode gave me chicken skin!! That finale was (chef's kiss) perfection!!
The Fan Service was fantastic in Season 3 of Picard. The sprinkling of Easter eggs going all the way back to Star Trek TOS brought joy to my heart Terry Matalas did a excellent of job of Confirming the Canon history of the original Constitution Class Starship of Star Trek TOS era and not the rebooted version.seeing The USS Enterprise NCC 1701-A really was a joy. Knowing her fate as a historical ship in Stafleet Lore and History. As well as the other ships in the museum and seeing the USS Enterprise NCC 1701-D take her place as well. A fitting tribute as well.
Just like he said he did the lines twice - one with a russian accent and one no russian accent. It appears that they wound up using both with was awesome👍My heart nearly jumped out of my chest when I heard him at the start of the episode. So unexpected and so amazing to hear the actor again.
I met him in Atlanta (again) face to face. Brings tears to my eyes remembering our face to face discussion and picture. I am 53 - will never forget it.
watching this, was a little gem in my daily life. thank you.
Loved hearing him in it. I haven't seen him since the Renegades Primer in Las Vegas he was sitting right in front of me :)
The cameo was a surprise but heartwarming. So happy to hear Koeing as Chekov, if not Pavel. I wish they'd give Scott Bakula some love though. I'd love to see him do a cameo as an older Archer. Maybe even an NX-01 refit? I've been waiting 20 years to see that.
The NX-01 Refit was at the fleet museum in season 3 of picard. I'd like the team behind this season to also make a proper final season for ENT.
Great to see this and glad you were involved with the finale of Picard. Thanks for all the memories Mr. Koenig!
I will say this to Walter, today should always reflect our past. And TOS still affects me at this moment.
I was so happy after last weeks Star Trek and Chill when Walter told us to keep an eye out for him Then I watched that scene in the latest episode of Picard and my office got all kinds of dusty.
Had the pleasure of meeting Walter in 1999 in Pittsburgh Pa. at a convention. A truly wonderful
and witty man
Awesome episode and a fitting tribute to a legacy character 😊
Great interview and such a great appearance in the show. Star Trek has come out strong with Picard and strange new worlds. Live long.
It's so wonderful to see the original series still has an influence and a place in Star Trek. Having someone from the original series be a part of the best Trek we have had since before 2009 and delivering such inspirational lines really hit this life long Trekie in the feels.
Awww bless him. Always loved Walter, he was one of my fave in TOS and I loved him in babylon 5 too.
It was a nice nod to Anton Yelchin having Pavels son named Anton. I thought that was sweet. And using the original Pavel to do the voice, I'll admit to a tear running down my cheek.
So good to hear and see Walter
He is awesome.
What a marvelous surprise to hear his voice in that opening scene, beautiful. Reminds me of Deforest Kelly in Farpoint
Thank you, Walter, for this very good interview.
Looks like Picardy brother with that dome. Rock on Chekhov 🎉
Walter does Not seem 86 yrs old - what an inspiration!
I like this guys book collection.
Gosh I miss you Walter. Thanks for being part of Star Trek.
I wish George could show Walter's level of class
YES! I remember Walter Koenig’s interview after Generations came out. He always respected the franchise, and he seemed so proud to contribute to it.
Walter is a treasure. It was great hearing his audio in episode 10. Story wise it felt very inspiring and hopeful in an utterly hopeless situation.
Thankyou sir for giving your voice ❤