BAYONETTA 3 will be released shortly, but the original voice actor is calling for fans to boycott the game, after revealing the reason she won’t be appearing in the new game.
Since the original game’s launch in 2009, Hellena Taylor, a voice actor, has been playing the role of the Umbra witch.
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This includes Bayonetta’s voice lines in other games such as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
She has been replaced by a new player for the third installment of the series, which fans have waited eight long years to see.
On Twitter, Taylor revealed that developer Platinum offered her just $4k (£3.5k) to reprise her role.
SAGAFTRA, the guild for actors including voice actors in the US, has set out a list of the minimum pay they believe is fair for its actors’ work.
The minimum it recommends for one day’s work, around four hours in the studio, is $1k (£900).
The recording of the Bayonetta first game took only four days, but the sequel had many more voices and took presumably longer.
Platinum claims Bayonetta 3 will have the longest game in series. This means that Taylor should get a better offer than Taylor.
Taylor has been replaced with Jennifer Hale, one the most prolific and highest-paid actors of the industry.
We don’t know how much Hale was offered the role, but it would not be unheard of for her accept an offer like Taylor’s.
Bayonetta 3 Executive Director Hideki Kamiya tweeted out about the incident following Taylor’s announcement.
He wrote: “Sad and deplorable about the attitude of untruth. This is all I can say at the moment.
“By the way, beware of my rules!”
The director blocks Twitter users who repeat his questions or refuse to interact politely.
Kamiya asserts that Taylor’s statements are false, but he hasn’t clarified which parts of her statement.
Georgina, for the benefit of GLHF.
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