screen play would you write it as 'Vin Diesel says:...' or as the character i.e. 'John Smith says:...'

Technically speaking, you'd do neither. The word 'says' does not appear in that way in any script format I'm aware of. Instead, there's two common options; one used more for theatre and the other for film:

Theatre:

JOHN SMITH: I suppose we've arrived. Let's off.

Film:

JOHN SMITH
I suppose we've arrived. Let's off.

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