This summer, while seen as an immortal who fights his way through Netflix’s “Old Guard 2,” Henry Golding, 38, fields a wildly different battle in the Spanish-set “Daniela Forever,” now digitally streaming.

A romantic sci-fi fantasy, “Daniela” intrigued Golding because, “I was trying to find something,” he said in a video interview from LA. “that gave me the wide spectrum that I was looking for as an actor.”

“Daniela” certainly offers that as a grief-stricken Golding finds he’s able to resurrect his love Daniela after a nightly dose of a newly developed pill.

“It’s crazy! If we think about it, we’re on the precipice of creating something similar with AI. What if you can map out all the characteristics and memories of a loved one and have them be interactive?  And see them in front of your eyes?

“You can almost recreate that type of lucid dreaming, where you build your own world, now. So this is not too absurd. Especially with this onset of the revolutionary power we see of AI interactivity.”

As for bringing back the dead, “That’s always been one of humankind’s greatest possibilities. After losing somebody forever, does it have to be forever? How do we keep them alive? In our minds?

“This is a universal story of love and the yearning for someone that’s passed. Nicholas, my character, six months post-death, is in the depths of despair and mental anguish.

“Nicholas finds a way through this experimental drug which gives him absolute control over his dreams. Such total control to the extent where he gets a little power hungry.

“For when you’re playing God, what are the limits? He realizes he can control every element. Not only the world around him, but how Daniela thinks and acts.”

Since his 2018 “Crazy Rich Asians” Golding has deliberately devised his next steps.

“You can be the most fantastic actor but never get that right role. With ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ I had the opportunity to play one of the most amazing characters — for my first movie.”

He realized, “It’s very easy to fall into the rom-com trap and be ‘That rom-com guy.’ So strategically, you have to think of the bigger picture and try and have goals. Take risks. Work the independent route and find directors.

“My main goal was: Run the gamut, from action to drama to horror to sci fi. Try to get a real spread of good characters, bad characters, fun characters, sad characters.

“Really, it’s important for people to see the multifaceted actor these days.”

Henry Golding plays a man wracked by grief after the death of his girlfriend in “Daniela Forever.” (Photo courtesy Well Go USA)