Leonardo DiCaprio has embraced what friends describe as a near-monastic, Howard Hughes -style routine between film shoots, retreating from public life in what insiders tell RadarOnline.com is an attempt to "live like a hermit" while he resets from the pressures of global fame.

The 51-year-old actor, who has worked consistently in Hollywood since his teens and played reclusive billionaire Hughes in 2004 biopic The Aviator , has long wrestled with how to balance his public persona with a fiercely guarded private life. Article continues below advertisement

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His new approach, according to industry sources, comes as he is reflecti

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