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Bayonetta Voice Actor Calls for Fair Pay Amid Controversy

12/1/2025

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Jennifer Hale, the voice of Bayonetta in Bayonetta 3, says she wants to reprise the role and supports fair pay.
In 2022, Hellena Taylor, the former Bayonetta voice actor, called for a boycott after alleging she was offered only $4,000 to return.
PlatinumGames denied that $4,000 figure.
Hale says she was thrown under the bus and could not speak because of two NDAs.

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Jennifer Hale, the voice of Bayonetta in Bayonetta 3, says she wants to reprise the role and supports fair pay.
In 2022, Hellena Taylor, the former Bayonetta voice actor, called for a boycott after alleging she was offered only $4,000 to return.
PlatinumGames denied that $4,000 figure.
Hale says she was thrown under the bus and could not speak because of two NDAs.