Bayonetta voice actor urges fans to boycott third game over ‘insulting’ pay rate

polygon.com:

Original Bayonetta voice actor Hellena Taylor said that developer PlatinumGames’ “insulting” pay rate kept her from voicing the character in Bayonetta 3. Taylor published a series of videos via Twitter on Saturday, in which she detailed her reasons for turning down the role, claiming that PlatinumGames gave her a final offer of $4,000 to voice the iconic role.

Bayonetta 3 director Yusuke Miyata confirmed in October that Taylor would not be reprising her role in the franchise’s third game. Instead, Jennifer Hale, a prolific voice actor known for her roles as Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard and Overwatch’s Ashe, would take over as the voice of Bayonetta. Miyata told Game Informer that “overlapping circumstances” kept Taylor from reprising the role.

“We held auditions to cast the new voice of Bayonetta and offered the role to Jennifer Hale, whom we felt was a good match for the character,” Miyata told Game Informer. “I understand the concerns some fans have about the voice change at this point in the series, but Jennifer’s performance was way beyond what we could have imagined.”

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