It appears Ryan's Bar Online is gone again. Lucky it was up as long as it was --- has DeliaIrisFan been around lately?

Mattson To Play Della As Rotten, But Funny by Connie Passalacqaa

Most actors fear typecasting, but not Robbin Mattson, who joins the cast of “Ryan’s Hope” as Delia Coleridge on May 23. For four years Miss Mattson played Heather Webber on “ General Hospital,” a villainess so vile and wretched she would give Alexis Colby of “Dynasty” a good name. As D elia (who has been played by two other actresses since “RH” premiered in 1975), Miss Mattson again gets to be mean and rot­ten — but with a twist

“ I don’t want to be Heather,” the actress says. “I want to eliminate her bitchi­ness. What I want to bring out is Delia’s humor.” Since the previous two actresses to play the role interpreted the often hapless Delia as dizzy, Miss Mattson has a good base to build on. “I’d like to take a class in comedy,” says Miss Mattson whose acting experience includes dramatic appearanc­es on such night-time shows as “ Fantasy Island ” and “Charlie’s Angels,” in addition to several TV movies.

When Miss Mattson left “GH” several months ago she said that she would like to go back to other forms of enter­tainment. So why did she decide to return to the day­time world so soon? “I loved the character of Delia. If the character is interesting and I can contribute something to it as an artist I don’t care what realm it’s in,” she says. Another reason for Miss Mattson to relocate from Cali­fornia to New York, where “RH” is taped, is because of the show’s new head writer, Pat Falken Smith. “Pat was the head writer of ‘General Hospital’ the first two years I was on and she provided me with wonderful material,” Miss Mattson says. She adds that it was Miss Smith who recommended her to “RH” producer Joe Hardy for the role.

New York residency will not be new for Miss Mattson, who lived here when she played Hope Bauer on “Guid­ ing Light” several years ago. “I’m really excited to be working here again. I’d love to do theater, which is not too easy to do while you’re on a California soap.” But she sighs, “I left my heart in Los Angeles.” Her boyfriend of the last 10 months, a televi­sion art director was unable to relocate because of his career commitments

I mean, asking Robin Mattson to play a Delia recast wasn't a HORRIBLE idea, lol? I just think she would've been better suited for Maggie.