Clare Devine will clash with Mercedes Fisher when she returns to 'Hollyoaks' as she tries to split up the brunette beauty and Dr. Paul Browning in an attempt to get her hands on his money.

Clare Devine will try to split up Mercedes Fisher and Dr. Paul Browning when she returns to 'Hollyoaks'.

The evil blonde - who was sent to prison for torching the village nightclub - will take on the brunette beauty (Jennifer Metcalfe) in an attempt to ruin her relationship with the doctor (Joe Thompson) as she tries to get her hands on his money.

Gemma Bissix - who plays the superbitch - said: "Clare's so evil! She's snooping about in red lipstick, sunglasses and a headscarf, like a 50s film star.

"There's a scene where someone mentions that 'a psycho nutter' used to run the nightclub - then it cuts to Clare stood outside!

"Mercedes thinks she can take on Clare. But she underestimates her."

Clare has set her sights on the doctor's cash even before she returned to the village after running into him and Mercedes in Las Vegas.

Gemma added to Inside Soap magazine: "Clare does a lot of sneaking around. She arrives in a black cab and the driver says to her, 'Why are you here?'

"She simply replies, 'I have a doctor's appointment'.

"It's been six months since Clare was released [from prison], and in that time she's been in Las Vegas trying to find herself a rich man!

"She ran into Mercedes and Browning there. She's seen Browning flashing the cash and wants to get between him and Mercy - in all kinds of ways!"