Washington, April 18 -- Actor and filmmaker Emilio Estevez recalled his time with late director Joel Schumacher on the set of the 1985 coming-of-age film 'St. Elmo's Fire'.

He opened up about the beloved Brat Pack movie while on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, reported People.

He added that Schumacher "was a nightmare on set."

"No kidding. And [he] was a bully," Estevez continued. "I vowed never to speak to my actors that way."

Although his experience of working with Schumacher was not positive, he learned valuable lessons from the coming-of-age film, as per the outlet.

"If I ever got a chance to direct in 1984, I thought, this is the best lesson a young actor who wants to direct could ever get. Thank you, Joel," he said, seemingly r...