Bayonetta actor Hellena Taylor calls for boycott after being offered just $4,000 to star in Bayonetta 3 - The A.V. Club

Hellena Taylor, the histrion who voiced the beloved video crippled quality Bayonetta in the archetypal 2 installments of the franchise of the aforesaid name, has issued a connection this week, calling connected fans of the bid to boycott its upcoming 3rd title. Per TMZ, Taylor revealed contiguous that—contrary to what had antecedently been reported by the game’s director, who cited “overlapping circumstances” for Taylor not returning—she refused to travel backmost for Bayonetta 3 because workplace PlatinumGames would yet connection her lone $4,000 to prima successful the game.

PlatinumGames’ franchise of action-heavy video games person been running—slowly, but running—since 2009, having go a flagship franchise for Nintendo astir stealthily, aft the steadfast secured exclusive rights for some 2014's Bayonetta 2, and the upcoming Bayonetta 3, owed retired connected October 28. Much of the entreaty of the games centers connected Bayonetta herself, a confident, classy witch who’s arsenic known for her ultimate unflappability successful the look of gods and demons arsenic for her provocative outfits and crisp tongue. The latter, of course, provided by Taylor—until now, erstwhile the portion was transferred implicit to chap seasoned dependable histrion Jennifer Hale.

In a video connection connected Twitter, Taylor laid retired her lawsuit beauteous clearly: The Bayonetta games person made $450 cardinal implicit the past 10 years, and the astir the developers were consenting to connection her to instrumentality was a level complaint of $4,000—which, apparently, was aft an archetypal even-lower offer. And so: “I americium calling connected fans to boycott this game, and alternatively walk the wealth you would person spent connected this crippled donating it to charity.” So far, nary 1 connected the steadfast oregon developer broadside of the struggle has issued an authoritative connection successful response, though bid creator Hideki Kamiya did tweet retired a connection successful English that said “Sad and deplorable astir the cognition of untruth. That’s what each I tin archer now.”