Bayonetta actor confirms she was offered more than first implied for third game
Former Bayonetta voice actress Hellena Taylor has reignited the dispute over her exit from the series, and confirmed press reports that she was actually offered significantly more than the $4,000 she initially claimed.
In a series of videos published on social media this month, Taylor – who has been replaced as Bayonetta in the upcoming Switch sequel by veteran Jennifer Hale – criticised developer PlatinumGames and called on fans to boycott Bayonetta 3.
The voice actor claimed at the time she was made a “final offer to do the whole game” of $4,000 USD, an offer she called “immortal” and “insulting”.
Bloomberg and VGC sources later disputed this claim and alleged that Platinum had actually offered a package worth $15,000, which is within SAG/AFTRA union rules. In a series of Tweets published on Monday, Taylor confirmed this figure but claimed that “powerful journalists” were trying to discredit her.
Speaking to VGC earlier this month, Taylor had called the suggestion that she was offered more than $4,000 “categorically untrue”. She also labelled claims by sources that she could’ve earned $15,000 “an absolute lie, and a complete joke”.
Monday’s Twitter thread reads: “It has come to my attention that some people are calling me a liar and golddigger. I feel the need to defend myself and my reputation in the industry.
“As I posted on part three of my video thread. I explained that their first offer was too low. That offer was 10,000 dollars total. Remember, this is 450 million dollar franchise, (not counting merchandise.) I then wrote in Japanese to Hideki Kamiya, asking for what I was worth.
“I thought that as a creative, he would understand. He replied saying how much he valued my contribution to the game and how much the
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