Hollyoaks newcomer Cameron Moore has told Digital Spy that viewers will see an "endearing" side to his character Cameron Campbell as he gets to know his daughter Peri.
Cameron has been introduced as a new bad boy for the village, but upcoming scenes will see him make a genuine effort to get to know Peri (Ruby O'Donnell) once the truth about her real parents is revealed.
Speaking to Digital Spy at the launch of Pentahotel Birmingham this week, Moore explained: "I think Cameron is just so willing to learn and to try with Peri. I absolutely love my scenes with Ruby and I'm always chuffed when I get to work with her, as you get to see a completely different side of Cameron.
"I personally don't know what it's like to have a daughter and neither does Cameron! I wouldn't say Cameron is necessarily good at it, but he puts a lot of effort in and I think that's really endearing.
"The audience needs to see that Cameron's intentions are all good in terms of Peri. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't!"
In the meantime, dramatic scenes airing next week will see Cameron kidnap Sam Lomax (Lizzie Roper) after being released from prison. As they clash, it becomes clear that Cameron is desperate for answers over why Sam fitted him up all those years ago.
Moore continued: "Those scenes were brilliant to work on. We worked on location and it's very dramatic. The scenes are messy, full of action and it was one of my favourite days filming.
"I think my motivation going into it was that Cameron just wants answers. He wants to know why Sam did what she did, as he needs clarity on what happened. Cameron would go to any means necessary to get those answers, so they're really good scenes."
Cameron's other big rival will be Ziggy Roscoe (Fabrizio Santino) as he tries to compete with him for the affections of Peri's mum Leela (Kirsty-Leigh Porter).
Moore laughed: "When I was coming in, I thought Cameron would win back Leela quite quickly - but it's taking ages! You'll see that Ziggy puts up a real fight for Leela, and I love working with Fab - he's great.
"There's a really good rivalry there. It becomes a much bigger rivalry than I expected, so there's some really good scenes coming up."
As the story progresses, viewers will also be left to wonder whether Cameron can settle down in the village or whether he will slip back into more bad behaviour.
"He does try, and when people call him a bad boy, I say he's not and he just makes mistakes," Moore said. "That's truthfully how I try to play the scenes. Cameron's intentions are always good, but he does have a bad side and he is ruthless.
"Cameron will do what he needs to do, but I try to justify it by saying it's all for love. I've been filming some scenes recently where Cameron really loses it, so that's been good to film as an actor as well. It's good to play someone who makes mistakes!"