Bayonetta's Original Voice Actor Disputes Claims, Says She Only Asked For 'A Fair, Living Wage' - Kotaku

Hellena Taylor, the archetypal dependable histrion for PlatinumGames’ Bayonetta and 1 of the parties at the centre of a prolonged and messy nationalist quality implicit casting and wages, has contiguous issued a caller connection addressing allegations that person been made against her implicit the past week.

The saga, which has seen claims of underpayment made, dependable actors abused and a salient developer temporarily vanish from Twitter, began erstwhile Taylor made a bid of caller videos successful which she accused PlatinumGames of offering her an insultingly-low wage connection to reprise her relation arsenic Bayonetta for the upcoming 3rd game.

The relation was subsequently fixed to Jennifer Hale—who has issued her ain statements—while a Bloomberg report said PlatinumGames had primitively offered to wage Taylor determination betwixt $3,000 and $4,000 per four-hour league for astatine slightest 5 signaling sessions, for a full of astatine slightest $15,000. It’s past said that erstwhile Taylor alternatively asked for a “six-figure sum” to dependable the character, negotiations broke down.

Tonight, Taylor wrote a bid of Tweets disputing immoderate of the figures successful these reports, saying:

It has travel to my attraction that immoderate radical are calling maine a liar and golddigger. I consciousness the request to support myself and my estimation successful the industry.

As I posted connected portion 3 of my video thread. I explained that their archetypal connection was excessively low. That connection was 10,000 dollars total. Remember, this is 450 cardinal dollar franchise, (not counting merchandise.) I past wrote successful Japanese to Hideki Kamiya, asking for what I was worth. I thought that arsenic a creative, helium would understand. He replied saying however overmuch helium valued my publication to the crippled and however overmuch the fans wanted maine to dependable the game. I was past offered an other 5,0000! [Note: it appears this is simply a typo, and that Taylor means 5,000]

So, I declined to dependable the game. I past heard thing from them for 11 months. They past offered maine a level interest to dependable immoderate lines for 4,000 dollars. Any different lies, specified arsenic 4,000 for 5 sessions are full fabrications.

There were not “extensive negotiations.” I’ve besides been informed of ridiculous fictions, specified arsenic I asked for 250,000 dollars. I americium a squad player. I was conscionable asking for a fair, surviving wage successful enactment with the worth that I bring to this game.

I was paid a shockingly debased full of £3000 full for the archetypal game. A small much for the second. I wanted to dependable her. I person drummed up involvement successful this crippled ever since I started connected Twitter successful 2011.