Hollyoaks star Tamara Wall promises "shocking" Blue identity twist

Hollyoaks spoilers follow.

Hollyoaks star Tamara Wall has predicted that fans will be stunned by the identity of the show's mysterious new gangster.

The Channel 4 soap has set up a huge summer mystery in recent days, revealing that Warren Fox is being tormented by a scheming supervillain known only as "Blue".

Warren was shot last month and only survived thanks to a bullet-proof vest.

Following the near-miss, Blue will be out to get Warren for the rest of the summer – as teased in Hollyoaks' most recent trailer.

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Tamara's character Grace Black will be closely involved in the mystery as she and Freddie Roscoe both have their own vendetta against Warren.

Asked by Digital Spy about Blue's identity at the Radio Times Soap Awards on Saturday (July 13), Tamara laughed: "As if I'm going to tell you! I can tell you that it's not who you think it is.

"Honestly, I was like, 'What?!' That's all I'm going to say. It's shocking. And it's not me! That I can tell you."

Tamara went on to tease a major hair transformation for Grace when Hollyoaks jumps forward by 12 months in September.

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She explained: "I can tell you the big hair's coming back, which I'm really chuffed about. We've only just started filming the jump forward, so we're finding out ourselves what's going on. But it's exciting, because it's never been done before.

"I've been waiting to get my big wig back for ages and they were like: 'It's happening!'"

Grace returned to the show in the spring as part of Hollyoaks' revamp with new executive producer Hannah Cheers in charge. Tamara had previously been written out last year.

Reflecting on the speedy return, Tamara commented: "Honestly, I can't tell you how chuffed I am. It was only eight months away, but I was missing it so much. I'm absolutely chuffed to bits to be back."

Asked whether fan power brought her back, she admitted: "100 million per cent, totally! I felt so loved, I can't even tell you. The amount of messages that I got – personally to me as well – was just really great."

The Radio Times Soap Awards took place at the Midland Hotel in Manchester on Saturday evening (July 13). Hollyoaks took home two prizes on the night, with Iz Hesketh (Kitty Draper) winning Best Newcomer and Mercedes McQueen's twins having different dads triumphing as Best Twist.

Hollyoaks streams first online via Channel 4 each weekday at 7.30pm. Episodes then air on E4 the following day, before getting their YouTube premiere a week after that.

Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.