Bayonetta Voice Actor Hellena Taylor Was Actually Offered $15,000 For Bayonetta 3, New Report Says
New details have come to light regarding the Bayonetta 3 voice acting situation. For those just catching up, Hellena Taylor--who voiced Bayonetta in the first two games--is not coming back for the third title due to a reported pay dispute. In a series of videos uploaded to Twitter over the weekend, Taylor claimed she was offered $4,000 for Bayonetta 3, a figure she said was «insulting.»
According to a report from Bloomberg, Taylor was offered between $3,000 and $4,000 for «at least» five sessions of voice recording, which would have made Taylor's total fee around $15,000 for Bayonetta 3.
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Bloomberg said it saw documentation confirming these details. Separately, VGC corroborated the pay quotes and total compensation, going on to note that this would have amounted to a «significant increase» against what Taylor was paid for Bayonetta 2.
The Bloomberg report goes on to say that Taylor also requested a six-figure fee ($100,000+) for Bayonetta 3 along with residuals on the game. Taylor denied these claims to Bloomberg and VGC.
She told VGC that any suggestion that she was offered more than $4,000 is «categorically untrue,» adding that a claim that she could have made $15,000 on Bayonetta 3 as a base rate was «an absolute lie, and a complete joke.»
«I'd quite like to put this in the [rearview] mirror and leave the whole bloody franchise behind,» Taylor told VGC. «So I think I'll just let my videos stand. I spoke the truth.»
Taylor has urged people
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