State Farm agent Axel Jimenez had the opportunity to be featured on a new national ad. (Photo courtesy YouTube)

By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – No matter how you sing it, an agent is there whenever you need – that's the theme of the latest national State Farm ad featuring a group of Elvis impersonators and local agent Axel Jimenez.

Jimenez told WJBC's Susan Saunders the 30 second commercial was filmed in Las Vegas. He said all State Farm ads involve real agents.

"The only employee was the Jake from State Farm, so he's actually an employee and he's in the call center," said Jimenez. "As far as how you get selected, it's basically a performance thing. So each area within State Farm, from a sales perspective, that leadership team they select people to send to casting calls. The casting call was about a year-and-a-half ago."

The ad debuted this week, but it was filmed in September.

"5 p.m. to 5 a.m. is when we shot it on a Tuesday night," said Jimenez. "Because Old Vegas has that whole light show deal, every 50 minutes we had to stop because that would go on."

Jimenez said he feels "blessed" to have been part of the ad. You can view the full commercial here.

Click here for the podcast interview with Susan Saunders.

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