Yana daya daga cikin'yan wasan kwaikwayo biyu da suka yi gwaji, an zaba shi a matsayin Chekov kusan nan da nan saboda kamanninsa da dan wasan Birtaniya / mawaƙa Davy Jones na Monkees.
Tabbas, mafi rikitarwa na jumla ita ce "Daya daga cikin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo biyu kawai don yin gwaji, an jefa shi a matsayin Chekov kusan nan da nan saboda kamanninsa da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo / mawaƙin Burtaniya Davy Jones na Monkees; mahaliccin wasan kwaikwayon Gene Roddenberry ya yi fatan cewa Koenig zai ƙara jan hankalin wasan kwaikwayon ga matasa. "