Over the weekend, a series of videos posted by former Bayonetta voice actress Helena Taylor saw developer PlatinumGames pledge an “insulting” gross of $4,000 to recreate her role in the upcoming third entry, Bayonetta 3. Accused us of offering US dollars. new bloomberg report (Paywall), which features claims from sources “savvy in negotiating,” paints a slightly different picture.
As reported by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, the two sources — who requested anonymity — are backed up by documents reviewed by both Bloomberg and Bloomberg. VGC — PlatinumGames has “decided” to have Taylor reprise the role and wants to keep Taylor for “four hours in the studio for at least five sessions, each paying $3,000 to $4,000,” and that Suppose you were minimizing your total payout for a role. of $15,000.
The report states that “Taylor demanded a six-figure sum as well as the balance of the game,” which Platinum turned down before they could audition for the exchange. was offered an in-game cameo for the same one-session fee (i.e., $3,000 to $4,000), but Taylor declined.
In response to this different explanation for the negotiations, Taylor told Schreier that it was an “absolute lie” and stood by everything in the video.
Taylor’s initial comments sparked a lot of discussion online earlier this week, with Hideki Kamiya commenting: ‘False attitude’ On Twitter, and the artist who took over the character’s voice in the new game, Jennifer Hale, received abusive messages on social media before issuing a brief statement of her own.
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