Posted by Adam

Monday July 4, 2011

JOHN Malkovich says an unfortunate meeting with a “vane” acquaintance inspired him in his villainous Transformers 3 role.

The actor, 57, has revealed the meeting left him in no doubt how to come across as a big baddie in this summer’s robot blockbuster.

“I met someone once who was very, very vane, talked a lot, but the manner in which he spoke English. I didn’t really understand a word of what he was saying,” explains John.

“He may of well have been humming a tune or saying, ‘blah, blah, blah.’ But he said it super confidently and it was very well presented, he was very well put together. That’s how I saw the character I play.

“He’s just one of these blowhards who’s always talking a lot, very loudly and very confidently, but he’s not really saying anything.”

John recently vowed to keep on making movies — because he doesn’t want to retire.

“My theory is they’ll retire me when it’s time to retire,” he said.

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