‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

“Wicked” director Jon M. Chu was honored with the Legend award at the fourth annual Gold House Gold Gala on Saturday in Los Angeles.

Chu, a Gold House co-founder and progenitor of the history-making #GoldOpen movement, received the A1 in Entertainment and Media for his historic directorial accomplishments in “Wicked” and to celebrate its forthcoming sequel, “Wicked: For Good.”

The filmmaker talked about how far Asian representation had come in the last ten years. Speaking to the audience that included H.E.R., “Moana 2” director Dana LeDoux Miller, Ang Lee and more, Chu said, “We’re not just guests at the table anymore. We built the damn house, and guess what? It’s made of gold, and we’ve got more work to do.” Chu added, “I’m ready, if you all are.”

Chu recalled being on the set of his 2013 film “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” and how he felt “nervous as hell.” It wasn’t until the film’s star, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who plays Roadblock in the film, made a comment that resonated. Chu said, “He turns to me and says, ‘How lucky are we, a guy who looks like me, starring in a big ass movie directed by a guy that looks like you.’ He put his arm around me and he said, ‘I got you, brother.’

Chu admitted he hadn’t realized how much that moment meant to him. “I wasn’t quite ready to bring my full Asian self into the spotlight, but never underestimate the power of The Rock planting seed.”

Chu, who also directed “Crazy Rich Asians” and “In the Heights,” said it wasn’t until #OscarsSoWhite that he didn’t “feel alone anymore.” The filmmaker noted the shift in Asian representation and the huge success of Asian creatives and athletes across the board over the past decade, that success rippled down to the set of last year’s “Wicked.” He said. “I’m standing there with now Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh and ‘SNL’ superstar, Bowen Yang, and he…