abstract:Gordon Douglas has traditionally been seen as the first European to become ordained as a Bhikkhu in Southeast Asia although Laurence Carroll (U Dhammaloka) and others are now understood to have been earlier."Beachcombing, going native and freethinking: rewriting the history of early western Buddhist monastics" Contemporary Buddhism 11/2 (November 2010): 1 - 49 He was ordained in Siam in 1899 or 1900 and assumed the name Bhikkhu Asoka or Ashoka.
Incidentally, they named Blue Star after the 1987 movie Wall Street, in which Michael Douglas' Gordon Gekko buys Bluestar Airlines using inside information--and his informant is sent to jail.
In quick succession, Mulligan booked the role of Winnie Gekko (the daughter of Michael Douglas' character, Gordon Gekko), and major parts in a slew of other high-profile films, starring opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley and Helen Mirren.