(Screengrab from the USPS commercial)īeing on set with other USPS employees allowed Wong to learn about the responsibilities of different positions and the future network changes coming to USPS. I can just look it up, and we’ll hear that song ‘I like to move it, move it.’ Every time I hear that, the experience will pop into my head.” Wong conducting postal vehicles in the ‘Orchestrated Delivery’ commercial. And now that it’s on YouTube, it’ll always be there. The experience was great, meeting the people and being in a commercial. “I don’t think I’ll ever forget this experience. “Other postal employees and some of my family members have been asking for my autograph,” Wong laughed. Since being one of the stars in USPS’s newest commercial, Wong has also gotten to experience dealing with fans. “I didn’t have any lines, which was good for me.” So for them, they were nervous on how to remember the lines or how they could say the lines or how it’s going to sound, and how many takes,” said Wong. “I didn’t have any lines, but there were some people that had lines. On the second day, I was there from eight in the morning to seven or eight at night, and most of my shoots were at night.” “It took about three or four tries, and then we were done. I would think 70 to maybe 80 people that had to be on point at the same time for my shoots,” said Wong. He was on set for long days and learned how many people it takes to create such a production. Wong experienced what it was like to be an actor for those few days of shooting for the commercial. I was in a trailer, and they put makeup on us and all this stuff. On the second day, they had some kind of seared tuna on top of some fancy fried. “I think the first day was Kobe meatloaf wrapped in bacon it was awesome. Wong and the seven other USPS employees got to play ‘actor’ for a few days, receiving special perks like catered food trucks and dressing trailers. While acting was never something Wong anticipated he would be doing as a USPS postmaster, all seven USPS employees had to fill out SAG (Screen Actors Guild) information to be in the commercial. The commercial was filmed at a USPS processing plant in Santa Clarita, CA. Wong was flown to LA for three days the following week to be in the USPS commercial. The next day, he received another email and realized it was real. Wong thought it was a bogus email and deleted it. In the middle of January, Wong received an email from Drew Baker (one of the commercial’s production crewmembers) asking for travel information to set up Wong’s trip to Los Angeles, CA, to film the ad. He assumed he wasn’t picked for the commercial as the holidays came and went in December. Wong submitted the video in August of 2022 and assumed the casting call was for a holiday commercial. Wong recorded the video in their Florida Airbnb and sent it to USPS for review. Wong put his fears aside and asked his wife for help submitting the question-and-answer casting video. When Wong was on vacation, USPS sent a second link for more casting. “I am terrified of public speaking,” said Wong. In an interview with Wong and Amy Gibbs, United States Postal Service Strategic Communications Specialist for Long Island, Queens and Connecticut, the Port Washington News got to learn about Wong’s filming experience. While he thought it was interesting, he didn’t do anything with it. Wong first saw the casting call on the USPS website. Because of the changes coming to the USPS network, they decided to extend the commercial casting call to all USPS employees because the network changes involved every employee on every level. Usually, USPS features their mail carriers in their commercials. Changes coming to USPS highlighted in the commercial include faster, more reliable and informed delivery. The commercial highlights the changes coming to the USPS network. Wong, casted as ‘traffic conductor,’ is featured at the beginning and end of the commercial. The ad features postal vehicles traveling across the nation, the inner workings of a USPS facility and happy customers receiving their mail and packages. The 30-second commercial is set to the catchy song I Like To Move It by Reel 2 Reel Featuring The Mad Stuntman. The commercial opens with engines starting and Wong conducting postal vehicles out of loading docks, setting the theme for the ad. Port Washington’s Postmaster Dominic Wong is one, out of the hundreds of thousands of USPS employees, chosen to star in the new commercial called ‘Orchestrated Delivery.’ In mid-February, the United States Postal Service (USPS) began airing a new commercial starring seven USPS workers from post offices nationwide. Dominic Wong is one of seven USPS workers starring in a new commercial Port Washington USPS Postmaster Dominic Wong.
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