#hellena taylor

Companies as big as Nintendo and Platinum Games have more than enough money to pay their voice actors and actresses a reasonable wage for their work, and the fact that they not only made such a low offer, but then lied to the world about it to save face whipe hiding behind a non-disclosure agreement is absolutely appalling.

Bayonetta is possibly my favorite game series, starring my favorite character of all time, and the fact that the developers and even the creator would treat Hellena like this is beyond reproach. You can find Hellena's full announcement on her twitter page.

Here's a recap:

OG VA Helena Taylor posted on TWT that she was offered 4k for her to reprise her role as Bayonetta in B3. x

Taylor asked for us to boycott the game (first link) and send money we would've otherwise spent on B3 to charities instead. x

Support from the VA community and scrutiny both ensued

Local xenophobe and deplorable but yet ingenious and beloved Hideki Kamiya posts for the first time (in a long time) in English to call Taylor out for lying. x

His blocking tendencies and general cryptic messaging + the fact he isn't really viewed as the most friendly person on TWT have people siding with Taylor more than before. x/x/x

Hideki's account is suspended/gone from TWT for some time. x/x/x

Taylor is outed as a Blue Lives Matter supporter and TERF x/x

Replacement VA Jennifer Hale makes a statement regarding the situation but it is brief due to NDA x

Suspicions grow due to both Hale and Taylor being union VAs, and the game being union; something doesn't add up

Days after the videos and ridicule Bloomberg releases an article adding more details to the controversy

"Platinum Games sought to hire Taylor for at least five sessions, each paying $3,000 to $4,000 for four hours" contradicts Taylors own telling of voicing the entire of Bayonetta 3 for 4K.

Jennifer Hale is seen liking and retweeting some of the posts regarding the Bloomberg article

Jennifer Hale was allegedly outed as ableist and antivaxx via 5 years old tweets. x

Note about the last one; some people are claiming her apologies are enough, some are saying she's never directly apologized and only claimed she was misunderstood. Come to your own conclusion.

Will be updated when more stuff is known.

Updates 24Oct:

Platinum Games Official Statement.

H Taylor makes an announcement Twitter thread admitting that her initial offer was not 4k but instead 10k, mentioning it was then bumped to 15k.

In the announcement she also mentions that after declining and waiting 11 months in silence, they offered "a flat fee to voice some lines for 4,000 dollars."

"There were not “extensive negotiations.”" is in direct contradiction with P.Games's statement.

People keep asking where she's pulling the 450mil figure regarding the Bayonetta games. x/x/x

Personal Note, take with a grain of Basalt:

She claims "Any other lies, such as 4,000 for 5 sessions are total fabrications."; The 4k for 5 sessions, P.Games claims, was for her initial offer she refused. Seemingly, Taylor conflates and confused details from her own side.

Update 28thOct: It got worse.

Jessrine pointed out a very important note regarding the payment discourse/Bloomberg Article

The Bloomberg article stating "Taylor asked for a six-figure sum as well as residuals on the game" while she specified she never asked for $250.000.

New Twitt Thread from H Taylor claiming her post "hit a nerve with a lot of people." x

Down in the thread she lists charities to which you can donate

These tweets sum up the majority public reaction pretty damn well. x/x/x

I have proper time stamps to the video hope you enjoy like comment subscribe

TIMESTAMPS

03:17 Introduction of bayonetta and shaped me and her hardships can shape all fans

08:17 Warped beauty standards and how bayo saved glamorous characters

12:44 my statement on the controversys, how it was saved by nintendo, the fandom support and final conclusion.

In a heartbreaking video on Twitter, Hellena Taylor stated the reasons she did not reprise her role: the Bayonetta franchise has made almost half a billion dollars (not including merchandise) and Platinum Games offered her a $4,000 flat rate to do voice work for the entire third game.

"I was just asking for a decent, dignified, living wage. What they did was legal, but it was immoral."

Imagine spending 7.5 years studying and perfecting your craft, voicing a character for over a decade, and then getting offered roughly 2 months rent to prop up a franchise worth half a billion dollars.

In the most recent trailer you can very obviously see that there are MULTIPLE BAYONETTAS in the game. That means not only did she get offered 4K to voice THE MAIN CHARACTER but also multiple side characters.