re: Most obvious casting decisions ever.

Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli

Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Russell Crowe as Captain Jack.

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Fun fact Dougray Scott was supposed to have the role but chose to be the bad guy in MI2 instead and it went over schedule so they brought in Hugh Jackman

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I remember when they first cast Dougray, the fanbase was like "the guy from that stupid Cinderella movie? frick that."

Then when they cast Jackman, everyone was like "who?"

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mean have you seen him play Wolverine??
Fits it pretty good.

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That wasn't the question, was it? You're simply lying if you were saying Hugh Jackman should be the Wolverine back in 99

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Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction

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Tarantino actually wanted Lawrence Fishburne first but he turned it down.

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This person gets OP's premise.

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Very few people seem to get OP’s premise. It’s not who was perfect in a role after you saw the movie. It is: what actor was the obvious choice to play an established character from a book or other source in a new movie involving that character.

Deadpool was a comic book character that was well established. When casting the movie, Ryan Reynolds was the obvious choice. He was perfect for the role before the first day of filming. He just fits the character.

Same for Patrick Stewart as Professor X, and I’d say Ian McKellan as Gandalf too.

Heath Ledger did an amazing job as the Joker, but you can’t say he was your first choice to play that character before the movie came out.

Same thing for a character like Neo. It wasn’t an established character before the movie. Keanu Reeves did an amazing job in the file, but that wasn’t “obvious” when casting the move.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

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Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lanister.

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he was certainly on the short list to play Tyrion from early on.

this might not quite fit the category, since it's a bit of an obscure role, but Dean Cain played Scott Peterson in a made for tv movie called "The Perfect Husband", and that seems like a pretty obvious casting decision.