Hugh Jackman celebrates Emmy win for Bad Education

Hugh Jackman is currently celebrating the Emmy win for his latest film, Bad Education. 

The lauded television drama won a Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie on Saturday. 

Hugh, 51, is almost nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or Movie, set to be announced at the 72nd Emmy Awards on Sunday. 

Hugh shared the film’s poster to Instagram, captioning it: ‘Congratulations to the entire cast and crew of Bad Education!’ 

‘Proud to have been part of it. Outstanding TV Movie,’ the Wolverine star added. 

It comes after Hugh won wide praise from fans and critics alike for his role as a corrupt school superintendent in the film, with many calling it the actor’s best performance yet. 

‘Bad education is a great movie. That’s the tweet. @RealHughJackman should get nominated for an Oscar,’ raved one fan on Twitter. 

Wrote another fan: ‘In an obvious slow start to movie releases in 2020, Hugh Jackman in Bad Education is in a clear lead for best performance.’  

Even the normally hard to please critics couldn’t speak highly enough of Hugh’s performance, with USA TODAY branding it ‘great acting’, while Decider called it an ‘Oscar-worthy role’. 

In an interview with Variety Hugh described the opportunity to portray real-life school superintendent Frank Tassone as ‘fascinating’.       

‘The role itself was something different from what I’ve done. I liked the idea of someone who is super successful, very, very good at what he did, beloved by the community – and fell down this slippery path,’ he said.

And he described playing the villain as ‘delicious’ during an interview with Collider. 

‘As an actor, it just had so much to play with, and so many things that I’ve never really had the opportunity to play with. He’s seemingly very charming, but also just a viper… Those things, I just found really exciting to play,’ he said.