Phoebe Buffay may have sashayed with her guitar into the sunset with musician Mike when Friends concluded in 2004, but things could have worked out, romantically, very differently for Lisa Kudrow s character.

According to the hit NBC sitcoms co-creator David Crane , there was definitely a possibility that Phoebe could have ended up with former partner David (played by Hank Azaria ) instead of Mike (Paul Rudd ).

I mean, we didnt definitively know, the producer told Radio Times , when asked if it was always definite which of her great loves Phoebe would end up with.

Theyre both amazing actors. I mean, both Paul and Hank are fantastic, and fantastic with her. We sort of went back and forth, David explained.