Bayonetta’s voice actor is telling fans to boycott Bayonetta 3 after ‘insulting’ offer
Bayonetta’s voice actor has asked fans to boycott the upcoming third game, claiming she was offered an “insulting” fee to reprise her role.
In a video message published on Twitter Saturday, Hellena Taylor alleged she was offered $4000 to return for Bayonetta 3, an offer she claims she turned down.
It was recently revealed that Taylor has been replaced in her role as the lead in the third game.
“The Bayonetta franchise made an approximated $450 million,” Taylor claimed, “and that’s not including merchandise.
“As an actor I trained for a total of seven and a half years – three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts with voice coach Barbara Berkery, and four and a half years with the legendary Larry Moss in Los Angeles.
“And what did they think this was worth? What did they offer to pay me? The final offer to do the whole game – as a buyout, flat rate – was four thousand US dollars,” Taylor alleges.
“This is an insult to me, the amount of time that I took to work on my talent, and everything that I have given to this game and the fans.
“I am asking the fans to boycott this game and instead spend the money that you would have spent on this game, donate it to charity.
“I didn’t want the world, didn’t ask for too much. I was just asking for a decent, dignified living wage. What they did was legal, but it was immoral.”
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Taylor had hinted last year that she might not be returning to reprise her role as Bayonetta.
Responding in September 2021 to a fan on Twitter who said they couldn’t imagine Bayonetta without Taylor’s voice, the actor responded: “Well you might have to.”
Told by another fan at the time that Bayonetta would be
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