"As an actor, I trained for a total of seven and a half years – three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Lambda with voice coach Barbara Berkery, and four and a half years with the legendary Larry Moss in Los Angeles. "The Bayonetta franchise made an approximated $450 million, and that’s not including merchandise," Taylor began. Hear ye! #PlatinumGames #Nintendo #Bayonetta #Bayonetta3 #Bayonutters #Boycott #NintendoEurope #NintendoAmerica #NintendoJapan /h9lwiX2bBt- Hellena Taylor October 15, 2022 Taylor has voiced the character since the original game, and says she couldn't stay silent anymore after how she was treated.įriends, Worldlings, Bayonutters. I was just asking for a fair, living wage in line with the value that I bring to this game.” The actress also revealed that she was only paid £3000 for her work in the first game, and “ a little more” for the second, as well as assuring everyone that she’s always been interested in continuing to voice Bayonetta.įor now, no other further declarations have been made by any of the other parts of this controversy.Taylor took to Twitter to share a few videos of her speaking to a camera and share her side of the story following the announcement that Mass Effect's Jennifer Hale would be replacing her in Bayonetta 3. There were not ‘extensive negotiations.’ I’ve also been informed of ridiculous fictions, such as I asked for 250,000 dollars. “Any other lies, such as 4,000 for 5 sessions are total fabrications. They then offered me a flat fee to voice some lines for 4,000 dollars,” she added. “I then heard nothing from them for 11 months. I was then offered an extra 5,000!” Even so, Taylor decided not to give her voice to the game. He replied saying how much he valued my contribution to the game and how much the fans wanted me to voice the game. “I thought that as a creative, he would understand. She recounted that she wrote in Japanese to the game’s director Hideki Kamiya asking about how much her work was worth. Remember, this is 450 million dollar franchise, (not counting merchandise.) I then wrote in Japanese to Hideki Kamiya, asking for what I was- Hellena Taylor October 24, 2022 I explained that their first offer was too low. She corrected her previous statement by revealing that the offer she received for her work was for “10,000 dollars total”, pointing at the fact that this is “a s450 million dollar franchise, (not counting merchandise).”Īs I posted on part three of my video thread. “I feel the need to defend myself and my reputation in the industry”. “It has come to my attention that some people are calling me a liar and golddigger,” she wrote. The actress went on to defend herself from those that have attacked and harassed her following her first statement. Now she says the company offered her “10,000 dollars total” for her potential work on Bayonetta 3. Now, her face-off with PlatinumGames sees a new chapter, with Taylor posting a new Twitter thread in which he goes deeper into details. Hellena Taylor, the voice actress that gave life to Bayonetta in the first two games (and several other titles) has found herself involved in a bit of a controversy these past few weeks after speaking up about her exit from the character, citing an “insulting” payment offer from the studio behind the games.
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