Chiwetel Ejiofor Joins Salt February 25, 2009 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