Constance Wu, star of the ABC series "Fresh off the Boat," plays an American-born woman

who meets her boyfriend's insanely rich family in Singapore.

"This is a big deal, this movie, because I think it's the first time in like 25 years,

it's an all-Asian cast, right?

That's a really big deal."

She was referring to the 1993 film “The Joy Luck Club."

It was the last major Hollywood movie with a contemporary Asian-American female lead

and an all-Asian cast.

A recent UCLA report found minorities as a whole are still largely underrepresented on

the big screen.

and Asians fare even worse — making up just 3 percent of all film roles in 2016.

And Hollywood has a pretty notable history of racism toward Asians.

There was the "yellow face" of the past, in which white actors played Asian caricatures

— like Mickey Rooney's portrayal of an exaggerated Japanese character on "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

Even today, white actress Emma Stone faced backlash after playing half-Asian Alison Eng in "Aloha."

Even Kevin Kwan, who wrote the book "Crazy Rich Asians," which the film is based on,

said he was approached by a producer who wanted to whitewash his story.

He said,

But another thing that makes this film special is the diversity and rich representation among

the all-Asian cast.

The movie has an Asian writer, is directed by Asian-American Jon Chu and features an

all-Asian international cast, including Golding, Malaysian Michelle Yeoh from "Crouching Tiger,

Hidden Dragon" and American comedian and rapper Awkwafina.

"To see Asian, Asian-Americans, Asian-Australians and Asian-British in a context that isn't

a period piece, that isn't a dated piece — like contemporary people with contemporary problems

and not just the idea of an Asian but their real lives.

I love that it differentiates between somebody who grew up in Asia and, like, my character,

who grew up in America and is 100 percent American."

"Crazy Rich Asians" is set to hit theaters this weekend.