Chiwetel Ejiofor to join ‘Salt’

The man you see above is quite a badass. Â  Just check out ‘Redbelt’, and you’ll see how cool and how mean Chiwetel Ejiofor can be. Â  Ejiofor is now in negotiations to star opposite Angelina Jolie and Liev Schrieber in ‘Salt’ to be directed by Phillip Noyce.

The high-profile project centers on a CIA officer named Salt (Jolie) who is fingered as a Russian sleeper spy set out to assassinate the president. The woman struggles to prove that someone else is the traitor.

Ejiofor will play Peabody, a CIA counterintelligence officer.

Schreiber will be playing Salt’s boss and friend on the CIA’s Russian desk.

Filming begins next month in New York.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter