Bayonetta voice actress Hellena Taylor details “insulting” offer she was given to reprise her role in Bayonetta 3

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Because we live in an era where so many of the best things in life carry more baggage than a member of the royal family going on a weekend holiday, there are now calls for a boycott of Bayonetta 3 coming from the actor who gave Cereza her voice in the English-speaking world. As was recently reported, voice actor Jennifer Hale is taking the reins of the title character in this month’s big Switch release. In an interview with Game Informer, Yusuke Miyata, who is directing the series’ third entry, said Hale was offered the role because “Various overlapping circumstances made it difficult for Hellena Taylor to reprise her role.” Today, Taylor, who was the English Bayonetta voice actress in the first two games of the series as well as Anarchy Reigns, Super Smash Bros., and Bayonetta: Bloody Fate, offered a different account of why she didn’t return for the threequel.

In a series of social media posts, Taylor said she reauditioned for the role and was given an offer she considered “insulting.” She said she then wrote a letter to Hideki Kamiya asking for what she was worth. According to Taylor, Kamiya responded by saying he values her contribution to the game before offering her a flat-rate of $4,000 for the role, an amount that would cover the entirety of work on the game. Calling that amount an insult, Taylor is now asking fans to boycott Bayonetta 3 and instead donate the money they would have spent on the game and donate it to charity.

“I understand that boycotting this game is a personal choice and there are those who won’t, and that’s fine,” Taylor says in the second of four videos she released on Saturday. “But if you’re someone who cares about people, who cares about the world around you, who cares about who gets hurt