Serenity star Chiwetel Ejiofor joins Angie’s “Salt” Chiwetel Ejiofor is in talks to join the cast of the Angelina Jolie spy thriller Salt. The film centres on a CIA operative named Salt (played by Jolie), suspected of being a Russian sleeper agent who is on a mission to assassinate the president. She must battle her accusers while attempting to prove her innocence and locate the true traitor. Ejiofor will take on the role of a CIA counterintelligence officer. Readers will perhaps known Chiwetel Ejiofor as The Operative in Joss Whedon’s Serenity