Supported by Andy Robinson from the VGC website and Stephen Totilo from the Axios site, Jason Schreier’s sources contradict, with supporting documents, the version told by Hellena Taylor in a video that is approaching 10 million views. According to the documents sent to the Bloomberg journalist, PlatinumGames would have offered not 4,000 dollars for the totality of its contribution (as assured by Taylor) but between 3,000 and 4,000 dollars for each of the necessary recording sessions, 5 at a minimum. , which guaranteed him a salary of at least $15,000.
The general opinion is that this amount is not extraordinary for such a role and, even if it is true, should certainly not prevent the debate from being stirred up on the fair remuneration of dubbing actors in video games, but it contradicts the narrative posed by Hellena Taylor. According to Jason Schreier’s sources, the actress then tried to negotiate a 6-figure salary as well as bonuses if the game’s sales exceed expectations.
These performance bonuses have long been claimed in vain by players in the video game industry. Voice of three characters (Revali, Teba and the Mojo tree) in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Sean Chiplock revealed being paid between $2,000 and $3,000 based on the number of hours spent in the recording studio. An amount insensitive to the fact that Nintendo’s game has sold more than 27 million copies worldwide.
Either way, that’s when discussions with PlatinumGames would have ended and the Japanese studio would have turned to luminary Jennifer Hale to camp Bayonetta. The studio would then have offered Hellena Taylor to make a special appearance in the game at the classic price of a recording session, a proposal refused by the actress.
However, Hellena Taylor categorically disputes this version, which she describes as “complete lie“and accuses PlatinumGames of wanting”save his ass and his game“while maintaining what she detailed in her video.”Quite frankly, I would like to put all this damn franchise behind me and continue my life in the theater“, She adds. Representatives for PlatinumGames and Nintendo did not respond to requests for comment. Hideki Kamiya, whose impulsiveness is known on social networks, had called Taylor’s allegations “sad and deplorable” in a message on Twitter.
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