Yeoh on Asian superhero: It’s so Marvel-ous!

When it comes to her latest film, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” actress Michelle Yeoh is excited about its Asian representation.

The “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” star is enthusiastic about the casting of Chinese-Canadian actor Simu Liu as Marvel Studios’ first Asian lead.

“When that movie was announced last year and they introduced who they were doing as the Marvel superhero and it was an Asian superhero, it was like, ‘Yes, finally!’ When do we get to be represented like that?” she gushed during Time 100 Talks interview with Time magazine’s books editor Lucy Feldman on Tuesday.

Yeoh (inset), who also appeared in Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” credits one of her films with helping Hollywood realize the potential of Asian actors.

“When ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ came out, it changed the map,” she said of Jon M. Chu’s 2018 blockbuster, based on Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel.

“It changed the whole way Asians were represented and seen,” Yeoh added. “We were no longer invisible. We were no longer just a token. We were really represented in a contemporary way.”

The romantic comedy, also starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina and Ken Jeong, grossed $238.5 million at the box office.

The 58-year-old Malaysian actress was already a successful stunt performer and actor overseas before many Americans were introduced to her in the 1997 James Bond movie “Tomorrow Never Dies,” in which she played a Chinese counterpart to 007.

“I’m very blessed,” she recalled. “I started my career in Hong Kong and I come from Malaysia where I grew up seeing my face being the superhero or the romantic lead or part of real stories on the silver screen, on TV and everything. But once I got to America, I was like, I’m really a minority here and I have no representation.”

In the 2000 martial arts masterpiece, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Yeoh kicked ass and took names later in the blockbuster that made more than $213 million in the United States alone — off a $17 million budget. She hasn’t stopped working since.

As can be expected, Yeoh isn’t saying much about her latest Marvel foray, but her role is reportedly different from Aleta Ogord, whom she portrayed in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.”

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is set to be released May 7, 2021.